Greater Accra Regional Security Council destroys unauthorized buildings in Dodowa Forest

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has destroyed unauthorized buildings on a piece of the degraded Dodowa forest after it was designated as a security zone.

Following the destruction, REGSEC and the Forestry Commission worked together to rehabilitate the damaged forest areas by planting trees.

Daniel Titus Glover is the Greater Accra Regional Minister and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Security Council in Ghana.

Daniel Titus Glover, Regional Minister and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Security Council, explained the effort in further detail when he spoke with journalists.

“We declared the Dodowa forest and Katamanso Pinkwai forests as a security zone. These are two landmark forests in Ga-dangbe history. So we are here to regain our forest back with the support of the forestry commission, they have given us some trees that we are coming to plant, then DCE and some students around to do the planting.”

“I have got documents from the regional house of chiefs that state that this land is for the Shai people. We told them, if they have documents, bring them to the RCC. As we speak, nobody has brought us any document apart from what the registrar brought to us from the Regional House of Chiefs.

“So we are here to do two things. We break this wall and plant the trees back. This place is a security zone, we are regaining our forest back," he added.

Source: Lead News Online