Civil engineer and road and building consultant, Abdulai Mahama, has disclosed that some recalcitrant developers and encroachers in prohibited areas of the Greater Accra Region are employing land guards to protect them as they illegally fill up river basins and wetlands for the development of estates, factories, warehouses, washing bays, and other structures.

He made this assertion during an exclusive interview with on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

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Mahama, who lamented the indiscriminate development of restricted areas such as Ramsar sites, wetlands, and river basins into estate properties, lauded the government's ongoing demolitions in these zones.