Angry Chiefs and residents at Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region have warned the Minerals Commission of Ghana to stay from the Winneba Forest reservoir.
According to them, they have received a letter that the government has sold the Winneba Forest and the Minerals Commission is coming to mine Lithium and other Mineral resources from it.
Addressing a Press Conference, the Paramount Chief of the Effutu Traditional Area Neeyi Ghatey VI said, they have gotten a notice that their Forest which serves as a place where they hunt antelope for their Aboakyire Festival, gives them rainfall, and other important activities has been sold by the government to the Minerals Commission.
He said they are not going to sit down for their only Forest to be sold for mining activities.
Neeyi Ghatey VI said they have also seen publication in print media and other social media platforms that those occupying some parts of the Winneba Forest should vacate the land within 21 days before their houses and other properties are demolished for the Mining Activities to take place.
He warned the Minerals Commission not to make any attempt to touch the forest which has been there since he was born, adding that nothing will make them allow the Government and the Minerals Commission to mine in the forest.
Meanwhile, the youth of the area say they are prepared to lay down their lives to protect the forest, noting that mining activities will destroy their land and the Cultural Heritage of Winneba.
They are urging the government and the Mineral Commission to come out immediately and respond to the allegations that they have sold the Winneba Forest for mining activities.
Source: Kasapafmonline
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@ Simon, I couldn't agree with you more, they are testing the waters, bet me , if they succeed with Winneba forest, the next target will be Kakum national park, from there they will move in and sell the Mole game reserve so stamp your feet, if you shift position, hurray, they would have succeeded . These twins NDC / NPP are not in to to grow Ghana , they are bent on bringing Ghana to its knees. John Mahama said during his presidency that all the flesh in the meat was gone leaving the bones, now the bones are being chewed by Umofiahene and his team. NDC ended with IMF, now we are being told Umofiahene has started talks with same IMF. The gold, diamond, timber, cocoa, crude oil, arable lands, two giant harbors, have all become curses rather than a blessing.
Hey, where are we heading towards, our politicians are now behaving like a drug addict who's father passed on living behind a lot of properties, the drug addict son sold all the properties to others for peanuts, having squandered all the money, he's now selling his late father's wrist watch, belt, kente, shoes. When that is also finished, what next ,he will offer himself for sale. Almost all the forest in Ghana were acquired during the colonial era, the British had foresight knowing one day land will become a scarce resource. When president Kufuor wanted to construct a brand new stadium in Tamale for CAN 2008, all they did was to go into the Tamale forest , cleared the desired area and the stadium was built. Which government in Ghana after independence acquired track of lands as land banks for future use. The people of Winneba should stand their grounds, don't allow anybody who ever he is to sell something he didn't build or plant. Nkrumah, Kotoka, Busia, Acheampong, Akuffo, Scottish man, Limann , Kufuor , mills all knew the value of land but went away without touching them, also go away and leave the forest. They are not standing on anybody's head, period.