The Western Regional Chairman of the Ras Tafari Council, Kwame Mensa popularly known as Kwame Malcolm has called on the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) and the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to do the needful by ensuring that the trees that have been planted in the two Assemblies were protected from stray animals.
Speaking during a tree planting exercise as part of the national tree planting exercise to plant five million trees, he expressed worry about the futility of the exercise.
“If you look at the nonchalant attitude of EKMA and STMA in dealing with stray animals, one cannot be wrong to say that all our sweat will be in futility…look at how EKMA and STMA look on helplessly as stray cows take over our neighbourhoods? They are looking on helplessly despite numerous pleas and complaints, now we are here in the rain planting trees here and the stray cows will just come and negate all that we have planted”, he lamented.
Kwame Malcolm who is also a morning show host mentioned that members of the Ras Tafari faith were natural nature lovers and conservationists.
“As Ras Tafari, naturally we love nature, the more reason why we have thrown the comb away and wear our hair in locks. Most of us are vegans. We love nature and planting a lot, hence you see most of us as farmers. We are therefore asking all to respect our bio diversity practises and laws to protect our environment”, he emphasized.
According to him, most of our environment was intact when our forebears used taboos and other things to protect them, but Western Christianity came and declared them as pagan practises, hence the destruction of our environment.
Kwame Malcolm therefore assured that the Council will ensure that the trees planted were nurtured to grow.
Over 20 members of the Ras Tafari Council in the Western Region joined in the national tree planting exercise by planting over 20 mahogany seedlings along the cocoa villa road in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality.
