The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has issued a strong directive suspending and revoking all Timber Utilization Contracts (TUCs) within Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBAs) across the country issued by new CEO of the Forestry Commission, Dr.
Hugh Brown.
The decision comes amidst reports which suggest the CEO had deliberately issued those contracts to his Pro-NPP cronies and also boasted to staff that John Mahama appointed because he is a professional and not to do NDC bidding.
The Acting CEO who was first appointed by President Akufo-Addo in 2022 as a deputy CEO was elevated to the main CEO by President John Mahama under circumstances NDC insiders say was "very strange and shocking". Some stakeholders and party apparatchiks remain doubtful about the Commission's direction under Dr.
