Kumasi (Ashanti region) -- The Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) in collaboration with the Asanteman Council has set up a Technical Planning Committee for the development of Lake Bosomtwe.

This is contained in a press statement signed by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Sampson Kwaku Boafo in Kumasi on Tuesday. The statement said, all stakeholders including prospective investors should, therefore, liase henceforth with the said committee in respect of development programmes and activities in the Lake Basin.

It said, "prospective developers, traditional and local authorities should desist from encouraging and causing haphazard physical development of the area to ensure a coordinated development of this unique natural resources for the benefit of the entire nation".

It hoped that this directive would be complied with by all and sundry in the interest of the region and the nation in general. The statement said the Lake has been identified by the Ghana's Integrated Tourism Development Plan (GITDP) as a major natural tourist product.

"It has also been recently designated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage site".