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Chief appeals for protection against water bodies'
degradation
Pampaso (B/A), Jan 31, Ghanadot/GNA –
Barima Oppong Yaw Boabasa Ababio, Gyasehene of Dormaa
traditional council, has called on civil society groups, as
well as governmental and non-governmental organizations, to
implement pragmatic policies to salvage water bodies from
degradation.
The chief made the call during an interview with the Ghana
News Agency at Dormaa-Ahenkro, following public outcry
against bushfires and other human activities and their
negative impact on the environment in the district.
Barima Oppong, who is Chief of Pampaso, near Dormaa-Ahenkro,
noted that the drying up of water bodies due to human
activities had made the district to suffer tremendously in
the past years.
He blamed the situation partly on farmers engaged in dry
season vegetable cultivation who cleared the banks of river,
lakes, ponds and streams to make their farms.
“Although the practice offers employment to the people, it
must be done in a manner that would not compromise the water
bodies,” he said and called for the intensification of
forestation along water bodies.
The chief called for strict adherence to traditional rules
that sought to protect water bodies, sacred graves and
forests, noting that a multi-sectoral approach would be the
best antidote to the raging fires in the district,
especially during the harmattan season.
He deplored the indiscriminate manner in which hunters and
smokers handled fires during the dry season and advised both
the young and the old to behave responsibly.
GNA
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