{"id":462372,"date":"2018-02-07T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/okyeame-kwame-calls-on-ghanaians-to-plant-more-trees\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:00:19","slug":"okyeame-kwame-calls-on-ghanaians-to-plant-more-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/okyeame-kwame-calls-on-ghanaians-to-plant-more-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Okyeame Kwame calls on Ghanaians to plant more trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Suncityfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/98272170.295.jpg\" alt=\"Okyeame Kwame Solid\" title=\"Okyeame Kwame Solid\" width=\"295\" height=\"377\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Okyeame Kwame is the ambassador for Climate Change<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518019219_94_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Versatile Ghanaian musician, Kwame Nsiah-Apau, popularly known as<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOkyeame Kwame has called on Ghanaians to plant more trees.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with DJ Shatar on Suncity 97.1 FM\u2019s Highway<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDrive 971 in Sunyani, the \u2018Rap Doctor\u2019 who has now been appointed as<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nan Ambassador for climate change said protecting the environment is a<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nholistic cooperate responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was appointed as Climate Change Ambassador last week. Solidaridad<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nbelieves the partnership between me and [them] will help us to<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\ncampaign effectively on climate change. We need to protect the forest<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nand fertile lands that our fathers left for us. We have a huge role to<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nplay,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you are or what you do. It relates to all of<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nus. It won\u2019t rain again if we cut all our trees to produce charcoal.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNow the Ghana Water Company says they will be rationing of water. All<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nthis is happening because of how we maltreat our lands and forest.  We<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\ncan solve it by planting more trees. We should not cut the tress down<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nwithout replanting more,\u201d Okyeame Kwame emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a musician I will do climate campaign songs to get people<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nattention&#8230;Beyond the song we will also interact with the people<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nthrough durbars, media engagement and other things,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Change Ambassador disclosed that the Ghana Dedicated Grand<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMechanism (DGM) is being launched in the Brong Ahafo and Western<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRegion&#8211;because of the number of farming activities that they engage<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nthemselves in.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the issue of climate change is vital so everybody has<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\na role to play in order to have a safe environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChallenge illegal chainsaw operators to produce their permit if you<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nsee them cutting trees around your area,\u201d Okyeame Kwame urged<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGhanaians.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 7 February 2018 Source: Suncityfmonline.com 2018-02-07 Okyeame Kwame is the ambassador for Climate Change Versatile Ghanaian musician, Kwame Nsiah-Apau, popularly known as&#13; Okyeame Kwame has called on Ghanaians to plant more trees. Speaking in an interview with DJ Shatar on Suncity 97.1 FM\u2019s Highway&#13; Drive 971 in Sunyani, the \u2018Rap Doctor\u2019 who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":462373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}