Lands and Forestry Minister, Professor Raphael Kassim Kasanga, has written a letter to President Kufuor protesting against intentions to split the Lands from the Forestry schedule. The Independent newspaper quotes presidential sources as saying that, “The split in that ministry may be one of the reasons why the President made a case for the creation of more ministries when he met the media recently.”
The three-page letter is titled “Alleged splitting of the Ministry of Lands and Forestry – the case for a single ministry.” This follows a tango, albeit unnoticed, between Professor Kassim Kasanga and some 42-timber contractors over the former’s unilateral cancellation of Timber Utilization Contracts (TUCs). The paper says that further investigations conducted over the last few weeks have also revealed that the plan to split Lands and Forestry is at an advanced stage, and is linked to a top government official.
In his eight-point letter, Professor Kassim Kasanga literally states his case for the status quote to remain. “The opposition will be laughing all the way to the 2004 elections. Even the Rawlings regimes (PNDC and NDC) saw it fit to keep Lands and Forestry together.”
Lands and Forestry Minister, Professor Raphael Kassim Kasanga, has written a letter to President Kufuor protesting against intentions to split the Lands from the Forestry schedule. The Independent newspaper quotes presidential sources as saying that, “The split in that ministry may be one of the reasons why the President made a case for the creation of more ministries when he met the media recently.”
The three-page letter is titled “Alleged splitting of the Ministry of Lands and Forestry – the case for a single ministry.” This follows a tango, albeit unnoticed, between Professor Kassim Kasanga and some 42-timber contractors over the former’s unilateral cancellation of Timber Utilization Contracts (TUCs). The paper says that further investigations conducted over the last few weeks have also revealed that the plan to split Lands and Forestry is at an advanced stage, and is linked to a top government official.
In his eight-point letter, Professor Kassim Kasanga literally states his case for the status quote to remain. “The opposition will be laughing all the way to the 2004 elections. Even the Rawlings regimes (PNDC and NDC) saw it fit to keep Lands and Forestry together.”
