Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, is urging government officials and the public to desist from taking actions that negatively affect the environment.<\/p>\n
Mr. Agyepong described as unfortunate the situation where many open spaces, especially in Accra, are being concretized, making it difficult for rain-water percolation leading to flooding.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Asempa FM on the controversial declassification of parts of the Achimota Forest reserve, Mr. Agyepong, a trained environmental engineer, said Ghana\u2019s green belts must be left intact and not given to private people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am an environmental engineer, so green cover is very important. If you look at the map of Accra since 1900, we\u2019ve lost about 60% of the green cover. Today, we\u2019ve cleared everywhere and when it rains, there is no percolation into the ground and that is causing a lot of the floods we see. The pre-development ecosystem is too damaged. We all have a role to play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He further chastised government officials in the business of selling out State lands to private developments, which he said has led to the State making very little to no profit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany lands of the State, somehow, they\u2019ve all been sold to private developers.\u00a0All these developments in Cantonments, Labone and should have made government rich. If it is true that the part of the forest is being given out, I disagree with it.\u00a0We have to protect the environment. Some people think this is an opportunity to sell lands to private individuals,\u201d he noted.
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