Tuesday 10th September, 2019
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah,GNA
Accra, Sept.10,
GNA – Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources,
is expected to announce measures instituted by Government to curb illegal
harvesting and trading of Rosewood.
The Minister
will announce the measures when he takes his turn at the Meet-the-Press series
in Accra on Wednesday, September 11.
In recent
times, the media space had been inundated with reports of illegal export of
Rosewood by some illegal Chinese miners in spite of a ban prohibiting trading
in the rare species.
The Minister
will give details on steps being undertaken by government to protect the
endangered species that take almost 100 years to grow.
He will also
outline strategies towards the implementation of forest plantation and provide
further details on the status of some urban renewal projects, specifically, the
National Cathedral and the Marine Drive projects.
Mr Cheremeh
will also give an update on the status of the digitisation and automation of
land registration being spearheaded by his Ministry as well as the current
contribution of mining to Ghana’s economy.
The media encounter
will be telecast live on Ghana Television’s channel and on all Ministry of
Information social media platforms.
GNA
