The National House of Chiefs have reiterated its opposition to the 60 percent deductions that the Forestry Commission takes from the royalties paid in respect of the exploitation of timber on their lands.
At its general meeting in Kumasi, Odeneho Gyapong Ababio II, the President, warned that the “Standing Committee have decided that we shall vehemently protest against the unconstitutional 60 percent deductions that the Forestry Commission takes from the royalties paid in respect of the exploitation of timber”.
“The suggestion put up by the government through the Minister of Lands and Forestry is not acceptable to us”, he stressed. Odeneho Gyapong Ababio said the House had mandated its sub-committee on land to develop a comprehensive document of the views of the House to be presented to the government for action.
On the call by the President to the House to help adopt a uniformed Land Tenure System, Odeneho Gyapong Ababio said Nananom would take up the challenge to discuss and examine the possibilities of fashioning a uniform land tenure system for the country.
A delegation from the Upper Dixcove Traditional Area was in the House to inform the chiefs of the final funeral rites of Nana Hema Dakyi the thirteenth, the only female paramount chief in the country who died at the age of 97. She would be buried on 2 November 2002.
Source: GhanaWeb
