Wailing, teeth gnashing at Ramsar  Site  …as more than 100 houses bulldozed

I empathise, but stay off Ramsar Sites – Linda Ocloo shares after massive demolition

Greater Accra Regional Minister Linda Ocloo has urged affected residents to refrain from settling on the Ramsar Site at Lashibi, emphasizing that the demolition exercise is necessary to preserve the protected area and prevent future conflict. “Looking at the properties that have been destroyed, I mean, I empathise with them,” she said while addressing the media after the operation as monitored by MyNewsGH. “But I also, like I also said, they sho…

Wailing, teeth gnashing at Ramsar  Site  …as more than 100 houses bulldozed

There was wailing and gnashing of teeth at the Sakumono Ramsar site in the Tema West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, as more than 100 buildings and fence walls erected on the wetland were crushed down in a demolition exercise embarked on by the authorities on Tuesday. Owners of some of the demolished buildings who could not stand the sight of years of sweat and toil come down in a flash of light could be seen wailing and crying while o…