
PRESS STATEMENT
RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF WRONG SEIZURE OF WOOD FROM SOKOBAN WOOD DEALERS BY FORESTRY COMMISSION MONITORING TEAMS
Introduction
For the past year and a half, there has been allegations and outcry from wood dealers from Sokoban Wood Village in Kumasi, about unlawful seizure of their wood by Forestry Commission Monitoring Teams. On January 8, 2019, a group of wood dealers, numbering about forty – five (45), besieged the Forestry Commission (FC) Headquarters, located on the GIMPA Road. The reason for their presence on the Commission’s premises was to present their grievances to the Chief Executive. Among them, were: