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Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhiyini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, has called on President Akufo-Addo to consider revoking the Executive Instrument (EI)144, declassifying portions of the Achimota Forest as no longer forest reserves. Contributing to a statement on the International Day of Forests 2023, delivered on the Floor…

By Nhau Mangirazi   Hurungwe Chief Mjinga Mutenhe Madadairwa aged (75) is bitter that tobacco farmers are doing lot of injustice to the environment and are therefore enemies from within communities. He is aggrieved that communal farmers under his jurisdiction in Hurungwe East joined tobacco farming and are destroying forests. One of the affected areas is within Tengwe, formerly a prime farming area that produces cash crops including tobacco, soya beans, maize and wheat in Hurungwe district wi...