The deputies in session relocated to Kara, put young plants underground on Wednesday, August 07 in Kara. An action that is part of the national reforestation campaign but also to mark their session in the city once again.

The young plants were put underground along the fence of the infectious diseases center under construction in Ateda in the Kara region. The tone for this operation was set by the President of the National Representation, Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan, followed by members of the Bureau and all the other deputies.

The day after the start of Parliament and as part of the vast national reforestation program, which consists in planting 1 billion plants by 2030, the deputies stormed the site of the infectious diseases center in Kara for this operation. In total, 216 plants, including Khaya and Gmelina plants, were planted by elected officials with the assistance of agents of the Kara Regional Directorate of Water and Forests. It was in the presence of the prefect of Kozah, Colonel Babadibawou Bakali who indicated that “arrangements must be made to ensure the monitoring and maintenance of the plants planted”.

For Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan, President of the National Assembly, the effective planting of these plants effectively contributes to the reforestation of the national space and to the protection of the environment. She also took the opportunity to invite her fellow MPs to maintain the plants planted in their respective constituencies.

This action by the deputies is a call for greater mobilization for the continuous improvement of the national plant cover in order to make Togo a green country, in accordance with the vision of the President of the Republic.