The Greater Accra Regional Security Council has demolished unauthorised structures on portions of the degraded Dodowa forest in the Greater Accra Region following its designation as a security zone.

The demotion exercise follows concerns raised by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs over the encroachment of the forest by private developers, citinewsroom.com has reported.

Speaking to journalists, the Regional Minister and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Security Council, Daniel Titus Glover, announced that the Dodowa forest and Katamanso Pinkwai forests have been declared a security zone to protect their historical significance.

“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," he stated.

As part of efforts to restore the affected areas of the forest, the Forestry Commission and the Regional Security Council embarked upon a tree-planting exercise after the demolition.

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