The MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has vowed that the Minority caucus will take all necessary measures to prevent the reclassification of the Achimota Forest.

As the Ranking Member of the Lands Committee, Mr Suhuyini expressed concerns that any development in the forest could jeopardize the country, particularly residents of Accra.

In a recent interview on the Citi Breakfast Show with Caleb Kudah, he criticized the government’s decision, questioning how the reclassification would benefit Ghanaians.

Mr Suhuyini noted that the NPP government has invested over GH¢400 million in afforestation initiatives, excluding the annual Green Ghana Day, making the move to reclassify the Achimota Forest for commercial and residential use perplexing.

He highlighted the inconsistency of spending GH¢421 million on forest conservation while simultaneously declassifying an area that has been preserved for decades.

The MP emphasized that the forest's preservation is crucial for maintaining air quality in Accra, which is becoming increasingly polluted.

Mr Suhuyini announced plans for his committee to visit the forest to verify whether parts are being allocated to the Owoo family, stressing the importance of protecting the Achimota Forest from further damage.

“The government has spent some GH¢421 million on national afforestation programmes and that is aside from the Green Ghana Day and all of these are aimed at improving our forest cover, yet we have this same government declassifying the Achimota Forest

“Turning 361 acres of land into the concrete jungle and yet we can not point to any forest the government has created since spending all the GH¢421 million on afforestation programmes and this forest that has been created way before we were born and we are fixated at destroying it.”

Mr Suhuyini added that “everything that we can do to save the forest, we must do and my committee’s intention was to visit the forest on Thursday to ascertain for ourselves whether they were indeed demarcating portions to the Owoo family because we cannot allow ourselves to be poisoned because the Achimota Forest saves and filters our air due to how choked Accra has become.”