General News of Monday, 8 October 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghSanction shoot-to-kill to ward off illegal chainsaw operators - Owusu AfriyieChief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu AfriyieThe Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has proposed to the government to sanction a shoot-to-kill system to ward off illegal chainsaw operators from degrading the forests. His proposal followed the latest attack on a military officer and a member of the task force at Sefwi Wiaso. In all,15,000 pieces of processed wood and 118 chainsaw machines had been retrieved from 37 illegal chainsaw operators in the area. The Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has proposed to the government to sanction a shoot-to-kill system to ward off illegal chainsaw operators from degrading the forests. In all,15,000 pieces of processed wood and 118 chainsaw machines had been retrieved from 37 illegal chainsaw operators in the area.

Source: GhanaWeb October 08, 2018 08:48 UTC