The indiscriminate sale of lands and dissipation of large tracts of land to individuals without considering the interest of the larger community raises concern in the Upper West Region.
The double sale of lands, encroachment on public lands, development without recourse to approved plans among others, impose security threats on the people.
Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister raised these concerns at the second general meeting of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs held in Wa.
He urged traditional rulers, and government institutions mandated to address these issues to work together to help reverse the menace.
He said the Regional Security Council was deeply concerned about these illegal activities affecting the environment and the survival of the people.
Dr. Bin Salih appealed to the chiefs to consider issues of illegal mining, depletion of the forest, felling of rosewood, and poor land management practices as destructive, which needed to be deliberated on and proffer solutions to addressing them.
He also pleaded with the chiefs in the region to work with landowners to ensure that lands that are in waterlogged areas, must not be sold to developers without the necessary infrastructure such as drains to prevent flooding.
Source: GNA
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