Oti Regional Minister Joshua Makubu has sparked controversy after getting trees planted by members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) uprooted from ‘Government’ land while directing that they secure their own land and plant trees.
“If you want to plant your party trees, get a land, invite us and we’ll come but not on a school belonging to the country” he declared after giving the orders.
The trees were planted by the opposition NDC as part of activities commemorating this year’s June 4 , a day in 1979 when the junta that later become the NDC launched its revolution to overthrow the Government at the time.
The trees were planted on the premises of the Nkwanta Community Day SHS in the Oti Region. But an obviously enraged Minister will have none of it. And therefore had the trees uprooted.
“4 June was a day people’s parents and lovely(sic) ones were killed. And many have lost their livelihood.
People are still crying over it. For this reason, it is not an occasion to plant trees that will keep hurting such families as the NDC did,” he justified his actions later in a speech.
“We can not sit down as a country, as a municipality, as a region or a school and allow trees to be planted on a compound to signify this day where people lost their lives. We are indirectly saying that, if your grandfather was General FK Abu, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and General Afrifa, then it means that you shouldn’t come to Nkwanta Community Senior High School because if you come there, you will see the trees there and you will remember June 4, and you will remember the death of your father and other loved ones who lost their lives,” he explained.
Opinions are divided on the matter, especially on social media.
Source: MyNewsGh.com
