REGSEC demolishes unauthorised Dodowa Forest structures
The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has brought down illegal buildings on portions of the degraded Dodowa Forest in the Greater Accra Region.
This action was taken following the declaration of the forest as a security zone by REGSEC in July 2024.
Again, the exercise is in response to the call by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC) for the government to halt real estate developers from destroying the historical Dodowa Forest.
Immediately after the demolishing exercise, REGSEC and the Forestry Commission undertook a tree-planting exercise to restore the affected areas of the forest.
The Regional Minister and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Security Council, Daniel Titus Glover, speaking to journalists after the exercise said, “We declared the Dodowa Forest and Katamanso Pinkwai forests as a security zone. These are two landmark forests in Ga-Dangbe history. So we are here to regain our forest back with the support of the Forestry Commission. They have given us some trees that we are coming to plant”.
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He continued, “I have got documents from the regional house of chiefs that state that this land is for the Shai people. We told them, if they have documents, bring them to the RCC. As we speak, nobody has brought us any document apart from what the registrar brought to us from the Regional House of Chiefs.
