Chainsaw operators invade Klaw forest

Klaw (Northern Region) 25 May '99

The East Gonja District Assembly has banned chainsaw operators from cutting trees in the Klaw forest to save it from further destruction.

Mr Jerry Draman Jackson, District Chief Executive and Alhaji Hamid Baba Braimah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Salaga gave the order following reports of indiscriminate felling of trees in the forest.

Alhaji Braimah said the operators have taken advantage of the thick vegetation cover and the fact that the place is not easily accessible, to cut down every type of tree.

He warned that the law enforcement agencies have been empowered to arrest and prosecute anybody found felling trees in the forest.

Alhaji Braimah advised the chiefs not to connive with the chainsaw operators for monetary gains, since the destruction of the vegetation would have far reaching consequences.

Alhaji Braimah's visit formed part of a tour of 36 communities in the Klaw and Kpalba area.

He donated 1,007 dual desks, bought with his share of the MP's Common Fund and valued at 27.5 million cedis to 11 schools in the area.