{"id":38877,"date":"2022-05-18T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=38877"},"modified":"2022-05-18T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:04:44","slug":"achimota-forest-not-for-sale-government-committed-to-protecting-it-abu-jinapor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=38877","title":{"rendered":"Achimota Forest Not For Sale; Government Committed To Protecting It &#8211; Abu Jinapor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Government has debunked reports that the popular Achimota Forest has been sold.<br><br>Achimota Forest topped the trends on Twitter after news broke that an Executive Instrument (E.I) has been signed making it no longer a forest reserve.<br><br>Details of the E.I signed by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, states that the land effective May 1, 2022, is no longer required as a forest reserve.<br><br><em>\u201cAn Executive Instrument (E.I.) 144 gazetted on behalf of President Akufo-Addo by the Lands Minister Samuel Abdulai Jinapor indicates that effective May 1, 2022, the land on which the Forest is located shall cease to be a forest reserve.\u201d<\/em><br><br><em>\u201cThe President\u2019s action was in accordance with Section 19 of the Forest Act, 1927 (CAP. 157) which gives him the authority to declare that particular land is no longer required as a forest reserve,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0portions of the E.I said.<br><br>This generated a lot of discussions on social media with government being criticized for selling Achimota Forest and other reserves.<br><br>Abu Jinapor has however insisted that &#8220;Government has and will never sell Achimota Forest&#8221;.<br><br>In\u00a0 statement, he said: &#8220;the general public is entreated to disregard these reports as they are false, baseless and non-factual. Indeed, what the propagators of these messages have refused to add is that, E.I. 144 was published together with the Forests (Achimota Firewood Plantation Forest Reserve) (Amendment) Instrument, 2022 (E.I. 154).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion\/advertisement? Submit them via our email\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has debunked reports that the popular Achimota Forest has been sold. Achimota Forest topped the trends on Twitter after news broke that an Executive Instrument (E.I) has been signed making it no longer a forest reserve. 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