Ghana’s popular Achimota Forest Reserve has been topping the trends on Twitter and Facebook since midday and here is why.
Reports have gone viral that government has through an Executive Instrument (E.I), revoked the status of the very popular forest reserve.
Details of the E.I signed by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, states that the land is no longer required as a forest reserve. It further added that the cessation is effective May 1, 2022.
“An Executive Instrument (E.I.) 144 gazetted on behalf of President Akufo-Addo by the Lands Minister Samuel Abdulai Jinapor indicates that effective May 1, 2022, the land on which the Forest is located shall cease to be a forest reserve.”
“The President’s action was in accordance with Section 19 of the Forest Act, 1927 (CAP. 157) which gives him the authority to declare that particular land is no longer required as a forest reserve,” a portion of the E.I said.
Since the news broke, a lot of Twitter users have been on the social media app expressing their concerns.
The Achimota School Twitter handle (@AchimotaSchool) tweeted asking “is it true Achimota Forest Reserve has been sold?”
Check out some tweets from Ghanaian’s below in relation to the news…