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President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has issued a battle cry against the increasing destruction of the environment, urging everybody to help reverse the trend.

He asked that the people focused on protecting and regenerating the lands and water bodies.

He made the call in a speech read for him at a parade of school children held at Kodie in the Afigya-Kwabre District to mark 60 years of nationhood.

More than 1,000 basic and senior high school students were on hand at the Independence Day parade.
The event was held under the theme “Mobilizing for Ghana’s future”.

President Nana Akufo-Addo expressed worry about the unhealthy state of the environment, when he said, “the dense forests, that were home to varied trees, plants and fauna, have largely disappeared”.

It has resulted in a situation where “we import timber for our use, and description of our land as a tropical forest no longer fits the reality”.

He indicated that the rivers and lakes were disappearing, and those that still existed had become polluted.

President Akufp-Addo said after 60 years, “we have run out of excuses, and it is time to set Ghana to rights and get our country to where it should be”.

The school children entertained the gathering with cultural display and poetry recitals.