A Quick Note To Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie - The Ahafo Regional Minister

Dear Hon. Opoku Bobie,

I shall go straight to the point: One can understand your desire to be re-elected as the MP for the parliamentary constituency, which you currently represent in Parliament. Doubtless, there are many in our nation, who will say that as an active politician that is as it should be. Fair enough.  

However, as a responsible ministerial appointee of President Akufo-Addo's (who, together  with Norway's Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, is co-chairperson of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates,  please remember), you must never sacrifice any part of our nation's priceless natural heritage, on the alter of personal ambition. Ever.  Full stop.

Not when it means your turning a blind eye to the wanton destruction of a forest reserve, at Dominase, which is apparently near Bediako, in your  parliamentary constituency, at a time when global climate change is impacting our country so negatively - by personally halting the Forestry Commission's 'Operation Halt Task Force', which has been set up to prevent the illegal felling of trees in forests reserves, across Ghana, and curtail the production of chainsaw bushcut lumber, in those selfsame forest reserves. No. No. No.

Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie, you must understand clearly that it is your duty, as a ministerial appointee of President Akufo-Addo's,  to think creatively, about the provision of jobs, for your constituents, by creating new green economy micro-entrepreunerual  opportunities, for the brightest and best, amongst the younger generations,  in your constituency.

Sir, have  you forgotten that you are an appointee of  a president, who is an honourable and decent gentleman, who also happens to be personally committed to, and  passionate, about the protection of Mother Nature - particularly from greed-filled gang-raping-predators, such as those constituents of yours, whom you apparently think must be given carte-blanche-leeway, to desecrat forest reserves in your constituency? 

The question you ought to ponder over is: Why champion the abomination, which  the destruction of our nation's natural capital, across vast swathes of the Ghanaian countryside,  represents, as an Akufo-Addo appointee? 

To avoid the fate that awaits you, should your egregious interference in the work of the Forestry Commission's task force be brought to the attention of President Akufo-Addo, here is some free consultancy for your benefit, Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie.

At a time of global climate change, it is imperative for all Ghanaian politicians, in areas where there are forest reserves, to understand clearly that the only way to achieve all the UN SDGs in their constituencies, is to provide alternative livelihood programmes, which will  make fringe-forest communities prosperous. Simple.

Consequently, one strongly recommends industrial hemp plantations for all  such fringe-forest communities, to grow for export. It might interest a such MPs, and concerned environmental activists, across Ghana, to know that a 100-acre industrial hemp farm, earned a staggering US $56 million, for it's Diasporan Ghanaian residing in Portugal, and his partners there, not too long ago.  That is the smoothest path,  to rural wealth creation, and jobs galore, which all sensible and farsighted politicians must choose to tread on. Cool.

Thanks.

Yours in the service of Mother Ghana.

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