The Akyem Abuakwa Youth Movement (AAYoM), a on- partisan and religious youth-oriented human resource development capacity building organisation, has called on Ghanaians across the country, to cultivate the habit of planting, at least, one tree every year.

According to them, in order to preserve the trees, and other natural resources that were preserved by our predecessors, there was the need for Ghanaians to make it a point to replant those trees which were cut, for the sake of the survival of generations to come.

Quoting the popular cliché, when the last tree dies the last man will die, the Movement appealed to the good people of Ghana, not to lose sight of the fact that in our quest for survival, we should not endanger the existence and survival of the next generation, by degrading the environment.

They made the call at the Movement's tree planting exercise, which was under the theme, 'Environmental Preservation, the Role of the Youth,' in Kibi last Saturday.

Speaking to the media, minutes after the tree planting exercise, the President of the Movement, Mr. Ibrahim Asare, said the exercise formed part of the Movement's objectives, to help and protect the environment.

Elaborating on the objectives and vision of the Movement, he stated that the mission of the Movement was to establish a coercive group of youth rights activists in the Akyem Abuakwa Kingdom, as well as educate the youth on their human and civic rights and responsibilities, and to safeguard their interests.

He explained that the issue of conserving the environment was not the sole responsibility of the government or traditional rulers, rather the collective effort and responsibility of every Ghanaian.

To this end, he called on fortunate households, which have the seedlings planted on their compounds, to see the trees as their properties, and protect them at all times.

On politics, Mr. Asare appealed to Ghanaians, especially the youth, not to allow themselves to be influenced by any politician, to commit any act of violence and indiscipline, as the country prepared to go to the polls.

He further implored politicians, to desist from any inflammatory and insulting statement that would breach the peaceful wind blowing over the country, but rather educate their supporters on the need to be tolerant, and have equal respect for their political opponents.

In all about 300 seedlings, made up of 100 shade, 100 vertia, 50 royal, and 50 weeping willow trees, were planted along some principal streets, as well as government and individual compounds.