He ruled that
the Committee, chaired by First Deputy Speaker Freddie Blay
had not answered questions raised in the Member's petition on his appearance
schedule before an
The Speaker has
pronounced on two objections raised by Mr Doe Adjaho,
the Minority Chief Whip and Mr Norbert Awulley, NDC-Builsa South, questioning the propriety of the conclusions
of the report.
The Committee
had recommended the setting up of a special committee consisting of the
Standing Orders, Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary, Judiciary and
Privileges Committees to define the parameters of what constituted breech of
members' privileges.
It also
described the member's petition as "premature although his fears were
reasonable and genuine". Adjetey said it was the
sole responsibility of the Committee to determine the issue and, therefore,
should not pass the buck.
He asked the
Committee to determine whether or not the Member's going to Court on specific
dates has the tendency to obstruct or impede him in carrying out his duties as
a Member of Parliament.
Abodakpi petitioned the House on
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Akyawkrom (Ashanti Region)
The project, which will run parallel to that of the Forest
Plantation Development Programme initiated by the President, is aimed at
further boosting forest development and promote sustainable resources
management in the sector.
Its targets
include degraded forest reserves, off reserves areas and urban forestry. Prof
Dominic Fobih, Minister of Lands and Forestry,
announced this at the 11th annual general meeting of the Ghana Institute of
Professional Foresters at the Wood Industries Training Centre (WITC) at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu-Juaben
District on Thursday.
The two-day
meeting is under the theme: "Natural resources management in
The Minister
said work on bamboo plantation development, utilisation and research was
progressing steadily, adding that, 18 new bamboo species had been received from
These included
transparent and efficient allocation of timber resources and control over
cutting of timber, appropriate pricing of timber and other forestry based
products to increase revenue, review of the Annual Allowance Cut (AAC) as a
transitional measure to salvage valuable timber from being destroyed in
off-reserve areas and the maintenance of log export suspension.
The Minister indicated
that efforts were also being made to engage illegal chain-saw operators and
poachers in various alternative livelihood enterprises such as plantation
development, grasscutter rearing and snail farming.
Prof Fobih said these efforts by the government were to ensure
sustainable resource for the sector and called for support and commitment of
the professional foresters to achieve the goals. Sampson
He also charged
them to explore and exploit the "green fund" from international
sources to sustain the nation's forest resources and also adopt a more
sustainable attitude by attaching importance to modern corporate ways of doing
things.
J.A. Manu,
National Vice President of the Institute, said the objective of the institute
was to use knowledge and skills of the forestry profession to benefit society
and also to advance the science, technology and practice of professional
forestry in
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