Minority wants E.I 144 declassifying status of Achimota Forest revoked

Additionally, the caucus is advocating for the repeal of Legislative Instrument 2462, a move that would prevent the opening of the country’s forest reserves to mining leases for extended periods, potentially up to 24 years.

During the budget approval debate for the Lands and Natural Resources sector, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, the Ranking Member on the Lands and Forestry Committee, stressed the importance of the government demonstrating its commitment to safeguarding Ghana’s forest reserves.

“I want to reiterate a request we made earlier to the Minister to revoke L.I 2462 on the Environmental Protection Act or to work with the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources to revoke Act L

“Mr Speaker, as the Chairman has said, we are worried about the fact that there is a problem of low release of funds and low allocation of budgetary to the ministry and we wish that this trend could be reversed.

He added, “I just wish that the Minister for Finance would have been here to listen to the core fact that land defines the sovereignty of a state”.

He warned the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, to execute his mission well when budgets are allocated to his Ministry for work done

He called for strong supervision to be conducted as far as the Country’s Natural Resources are concerned.