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“Desist from claiming land ownership”, Acherensua Paramount Chief Cautions Migrant Farmers

The Paramount chief of Acherensua in the Brong Ahafo Region, Prof. Nana Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi Ampem has cautioned migrant farmers in his area to stop claiming ownership of lands they farm on.

“The lands were given to you to farm so that the proceeds will be shared after harvesting but to claim that the lands belong to you which you know better that you are only caretakers, is wrong and therefore avoid that attitude”, the Paramount chief told the caretaker farmers in Acherensua.

The chief gave the caution during a meeting at his palace which includes migrant farmers and landowners at Acherensua over the weekend.

According to him, the indigenes have been complaining bitterly about the way and manner the migrant farmers are treating them and if care is not taken might result in serious clashes between the landowners and the migrant farmers who are claiming that the lands they farm on are theirs.

“Lands issues in the country of late has become an impediment and shackle to control and as the paramount chief of Acherensua,there was a need to summoned a meeting to address some of these issues which need to talk about in order to prevent future occurrences which I might be blamed for”, the Chief explained.

At the meeting, the paramount chief further explained that, the lands were given to the migrant farmers to cultivate their crops with the condition that a tribute would be paid to the stool and the proceeds after harvesting also will be shared in a ratio of one is to three. The landowner will take two out from the three whereas the caretakers and for that matter the migrant farmers will also claim the remaining one part.

But according to the chief, information available to him indicates that caretakers are now taking fifty percent of the farm proceeds after harvesting which must stop. This, he said is as a result of an agreement entered in the dark without the chief’s concern, by those who owns allegiance to the stool and the migrant farmers.

Prof. Adu Gyamfi Kesse, as he is known in his private life revealed that was not the only meeting they have held on matters of such nature, and to avoid any future troubles, there was a need for the traditional council to invite the media to sensitize and conscientize the public because Chief’s are the accredited representative of their people.

He seized the opportunity to call for unity to promoting a better future for all.

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