GIF calls for more forest guards as attacks on frontline officers escalate
The Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF) has called for the recruitment of additional frontline personnel for the Forestry Commission, warning that the shortage is placing existing officers under increasing pressure and exposing them to danger. The call follows a series of reported attacks, injuries, intimidation, armed confrontations and destruction of Forestry Commission property involving…
The Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF) has urged the government to recruit more forest guards to address the escalating attacks on frontline officers protecting Ghana's forest reserves, wildlife areas, and district offices. The demand for additional personnel follows a series of incidents involving attacks, injuries, intimidation, armed confrontations, and destruction of Forestry Commission property.
GIF President Dr Abukari Nantogmah Attag highlighted the shortage of frontline officers, stating that it places them under increasing pressure, endangers their lives, and hampers the Commission's ability to effectively manage and protect Ghana's forests, wildlife, and other natural resources. The Institute appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and the Lands and Natural Resources Minister to provide the necessary financial clearance for the Forestry Commission to hire more frontline personnel.
The GIF emphasized that an overstretched officer is not just a human-resource issue but a national security vulnerability, and that recruiting qualified personnel should be seen as an investment in national security, environmental protection, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and the safeguarding of sustainable livelihoods and state assets.
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