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Accra, April 30, GNA –
The Tema Traditional Council endorsed the government's decision to put a
temporary ban on fishing activities in May of this year to increase
Stock.
Nii Adjei Kraku II,
the supreme leader of the traditional council, who led a delegation from
Jubilee House Tuesday, told President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo who, with his subjects, supported the move.
The chief even said
although the ban would affect the fishing communities of Tema, the Council was
the opinion that the embargo would be to the greater good of the whole fishery
industry in Ghana.
Decision,
according to Nii Kraku II, would allow the regeneration of the declining population
fish stocks in the seas of the country.
Government, last year
announced on August 7 the beginning of a month-long ban of all fishing activities in
the country, mbadive decommissioning of fish stocks in the country's waters
in the last two decades.
However, the
Government had to postpone to this year, 2019, as some fishermen
expressed doubts about the closing season and disapproved of the schedule,
deploring the need to secure certain types of fish for their holidays
opportunities.
The directive is
mainly save some species of fish such as mackerel and anchovies, which are
turn off due to poor fishing practices.
The chef and his
delegation, who were there to present their challenges to the President, were
accompanied by the deputy of Tema East, Nii Kwartei Titus
Glover, who also serves as Deputy Minister of Transport, and Felix Nii
Annan-La, the general manager of Tema Metropolitan (MCE).
Among the problems, the
Tema Mantse reviewed, through his spokesman, E.O Adjetey, was
the need to build a hospital for the 96,000 inhabitants of Manhean to
Tema, served by a small clinic.
They also filed
matters relating to the acquisition of land in the metropolis, the council of the
representation in state bodies, especially those established in Tema,
and dredging of the Sakumo and Kyemu lagoons.
President Akufo-Addo,
expressed its gratitude to the Council for supporting the ban on fishing and
fishing, a measure his administration was taking to save the fishery
industry, despite the opposition that the directive had raised from fishermen
people and politicians of the opposition.
"I think that makes
to really understand what we're trying to do … preserve marine life from
our country as the struggle we are waging with the Galamsey issue … if we
continue on this path, one day we will wake up and discover that we have no country; our
the lands would have been devastated, our water plans would be ruined and our fishing
stock will also be nonexistent. "
On the advice
request for a new hospital, the president revealed that projects were underway
the construction of a new health facility in the Manhean region.
He also forced
asks leaders of the government to flirt Chemu and Sakumo lagoons.
On the appointment of
President Akufo-Addo stated that there are non-governmental organizations.
Indigenes of Tema serving in his administration and expressed his will
appoint more competent people from the region.
"VALCO's board of directors is
in the process of reconstitution. This gives us, for example, the opportunity to
appoint members of Tema's traditional board to the board of directors, "he said.
The President touched
on the acquisition of land in Tema and indicated that the traditional council
had made a lot of sacrifices by giving land for the construction of the
fishing port, township and industries.
He gave badurance
government's willingness to facilitate dialogue on how the
the authorities could be supported.
GNA
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