Gov’t Can Create Jobs Through Reafforestation- Asantehene

The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has identified potential opportunities in the country’s deforestation crisis.

According to the Asantehene, the teeming unemployed youth could be absorbed to undertake reafforestation to restore the depleted forest cover across the country.

“There are teeming unemployed youth in the country. We can employ them to undertake reafforestation in the depleted forests. If galamsey pays, reafforestation must pay too.”

Otumfuo is willing to go the extreme mile of guaranteeing a proposal to the World Bank for a grant to undertake the large-scale reafforestation exercise.

The courtesy visit on July 11, 2025, was purposely to introduce the Board members to the King.

They are Prof. Martin Oteng-Ababio, Board Chairman Dr. Hugh C. A. Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission; Kumbun Na Yiri II, National House of Chiefs Representative; Richard Duah Nsenkyire, Timber Trade & Industry Representative; and Tetteh-Hey Omani Osae, Wildlife Trade Industry Representative.

Also included are Dr Abubakari Nantogmah Attah, Esq., Ghana Institute of Professional Foresters Representative, Dominic Kwasi Nyanzu, NGO Representative; Surv. Raphael Hokey, Esq., Lands Commission Representative; Brig Gen (Rtd) Dr. Albert Kabenlah Adu, Financial & Managerial Expert; Nana Kojo Toku, Member; and Hon. Mavis Kukuaa Bissue, MP (Ahanta West Constituency), a Board Member.

Otumfuo in his remarks expressed his confidence in the abilities of the appointees.

“Your expertise is impressive, and your appointment to the Board is a valuable asset. I’m confident you’ll deliver.”

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/