All relevant info: Achimota Forest terrains, gold organizations and firearms in Sir John s will

Friday 29th of March 2024

All relevant info: Achimota Forest terrains, gold organizations and firearms in Sir John s will

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) was the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission until his demise in July 2020
At the point when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo marked a leader instrument declassifying portions of the Achimota Forest as a woodland hold, numerous Ghanaians welcomed the choice with an overflow of shock.
Many took to virtual entertainment and blamed the political first class for endeavors to offer the terrains to themselves and their associates.
The public authority has denied the allegations, saying it was just returning piece of the land to its actual owners.
However, even as the residue on the Achimota Forest debate is yet to settle, the desire of a previous general secretary of the overseeing New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, had arisen and contains some bundle of grounds at the Achimota Forest.
Until his passing, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, famously known as Sir John, was the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission.
The will, which has been located and affirmed by The Fourth Estate, contains four bundles of determined and unknown sections of land of land in the Achimota Forest, which the late legislator gave to named people.
On page 4 of the will, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, whose office was arranged at the Achimota Forest until his demise, states:
"I give my territory arrange at the Achimota Forest for the sake of Jakaypro Limited and estimating 5.541 sections of land to the accompanying people for eternity.
-Yaw Amoateng Afriyie - One (1) section of land
— Eva Akua Afriyie One (1) section of land
-Ivy Akua Afriyie One (1) section of land
-Elizabeth Asare Boateng (otherwise known as Mother) One (1) section of land
-Michael Owusu 1.541 sections of land
On page 5 of the will, it is expressed: "I give my territory additionally arrange at the Achimota Forest for the sake of Fasoh Limited and estimating 0.987acres to my nephews Michael Owusu, Yaw Boadu and Kwabena Amoateng until the end of time."
In total agreement, the will states: "I mutually own a land parcel at Achimota Forest with Charles Owusu. Upon my death, my part of the said land ought to be given to Ruth Korkor Odonkor."
That is not all. In total agreement 5 nevertheless on the Achimota Forest, the will states: "I give my part of land that mutually own at the Achimota Forest for the sake of DML Limited to Elizabeth Asare Boateng who at the hour of making this will is domiciled in the USA until the end of time."
The previous top of the ranger service commission likewise expressed in the will that he claimed land at the Ramsar region in Sakumono in Accra.
"I give my property arrange at the Ramsar region at Sakumono in the Greater Accra Region and estimating 5.07 sections of land to my sisters Abena Saah and her youngsters, Comfort Amoateng and her kids, Abena Konadu and Juliet Akua Arko and her kids on equivalent offer premise everlastingly," the will states.
The Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) characterizes a Ramsar site as "a wetlands site assigned to be of worldwide significance under the Ramsar show. It accommodates public activity and worldwide participation in regards to the preservation of wetlands, and astute maintainable utilization of their assets."
As indicated by CERSGIS, the Sakumono site "is the main wetland entirely claimed by the public authority and is intended for safeguarding Sakumono, Tema and their environs against floods and contamination, for the reproducing of fish for the Sakumono Lagoon, as well as sporting exercises."
In June 2021, authorities of CERSGIS and the Forestry Commission visited the site and saw that the site had "go under genuine danger really close to elimination because of the weighty infringement that had tormented the region for more than thirty years."
The Forestry Commission, which Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie headed until his passing, has distributed the Wetland Management (Ramsar Sites) Regulations 1999 that rundowns the Sakumono Ramsar site as a component of the safeguarded wetlands in Ghana. It forbids a large group of human exercises in Ramsar locales.
Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie passed on July 1, 2020, of Covid-19-related difficulties while getting treatment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
He made his most recent will on May 21, 2020, under two months before his passing. The will named Charles Owusu and Nana Boakye Acheampong as agents.
It contained houses, lands, Kejetia market slows down, gold creation ventures and cash in nearby and unfamiliar banks as the properties to be dispersed among the named people in the will.
Different properties to be acquired included fuel stations, 13 confidential vehicles and 10 fuel big haulers and five siphon activity firearms.
Service responds to will
In the mean time, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has demonstrated it will examine the supposed consideration of Achimota Forest grounds in Sir John's will.
An assertion gave on Sunday, May 22, 2022, and distributed on the Facebook page of the service, said the service took "an intense perspective on the charges". Here is the full assertion gave by the Ministry:
"The consideration of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has been attracted to a record getting out and about via online entertainment, which affirms that the late previous Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, had included parts of the Achimota Forest in his Will, and given out same to people who are supposed to be connected with him.
"The Ministry takes an intense perspective on the charges and has mentioned for all records connecting with the terrains being referred to, as a component of an underlying request to discover the veracity of the cases. Taking into account that the issues that structure the premise of the charges originate before the residency of the ongoing Minister, Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor, MP, it is vital that he is seized with the full realities to empower him make a suitable move, if, without a doubt, there is any legitimacy in the cases.
"The Ministry guarantees the overall population and the great individuals of Ghana that it will guarantee that the public interest is safeguarded consistently, particularly in issues relating to the Achimota Forest."
The following are pages from the desire of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John):

 


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