390 Views Posted on 15-Dec-2010 under Environment

The President of Green Earth Organisation, Mr. George Ahadzi has expressed his indignation over the recent past destruction of farm products at Aboduabo in the Western Region of Ghana for mining.

Farm produce running over billions of cedis including cocoa farms were destroyed under the supervision of brute soldiers and the District Chief Executive Officer, Government appointee and Forestry commission was uncalled for.

These poor farmers were neither informed before the exercise nor compensated after the exercise, a situation that made some of the farmers died after hearing that their farms had been destroyed.

According to the Green Earth Organisations the farmers were prevented from entering their farm lands as a result of threats meted to the poor female farmers and the male ones.

The NGO investigation revealed some of the female farmers were raped by the brute soldiers whiles the male farmers who resisted the destruction sustained cutlass wounds by the soldiers.

Health Digest News gathered that the situation has brought hardships to the people living in the area as famine has reared its head.

Mr. Ahadzi noted that Ghana has been in mining for over 518 years but nothing meaningful has been achieved.

He said mining activities have destroyed the biodiversities in the country.

He added that, it has been over 1500 years of agriculture which has been the main livelihood on earth as compared to gold.

He continued that the government claims the people of Asuabo are operating illegally by farming on forest reserve land. Meanwhile the government itself was selling the so-called forest reserve to foreign investors to use it for surface mining.

He noted that as the world is changing, every body is appreciating the fact that forest is the most valuable asset as far as man's existence is concerned.

Mr. Ahadzi said, what the Green Earth Organisation is doing right now was to educate the government on the need to conserve the forest.

He stated that, Western Region is the only region with the highest forest reserve but unfortunately the government has started selling these forest reserves for surface mining. Which means the government doesn't understand the need to preserve the forest.

Mr. Ahadzi ended that, since nothing can be used to replace the destruction of biodiversity his organisation will do everything possible to protect it.

Story; Evans Okai