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The Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA) Thursday said it has planted 14,882 trees and mobilised over 682 Green Ambassadors in the first year of its Green Borders and Sustainability Initiative.
The association, led by its national president, Mrs Kikelomo Adeniyi, also reported 6,093 community education and outreach engagements, 4,041 health and wellness interventions, and 1,138 beneficiaries of skills acquisition programmes.
The activities spanned Nigeria Customs Service formations, schools, barracks and surrounding communities.
“The 14,882 trees planted and over 682 Green Ambassadors mobilised within one year demonstrate what can be achieved through collective action, sustained advocacy and a shared responsibility for protecting our environment,” Adeniyi said.
Highlights included a nationwide campaign to plant 1,000 trees in one hour on 30 April 2026, a Walk for a Greener Nigeria climate advocacy campaign in Abuja, and Green Border Day activities across participating regions.
COWA also launched an Adopt-a-School Campaign at COWA School, Idiroko, Ogun state, where it established the first Green Borders Eco-School and an Eco-Club. It adopted 250 students at the school, planted 100 fruit trees at Government Secondary School, Jabi, Abuja, and introduced Eco-Clubs at the Apapa and Tin Can Island Commands.
Other efforts included environmental sensitisation at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command, a Clean Barracks Campaign, Green Barracks exercises in the Federal Capital Territory and clean-ups across customs barracks.
On health and empowerment, COWA donated 250 blood pressure monitors to women in Nasarawa state to mark World Hypertension Day. It graduated its third cohort from the COWA Skills Acquisition Centre and held an Ideas to Income workshop in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
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