The Akufo-Addo administration has constructed a cattle ranch to end the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous people of Kwahu Afram Plains.
The ranch, located at Wawase in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region on the 680-acre fodder bank, has been completed to confine over 6,000 cattle.
President Akufo-Addo, who visited the site over the weekend as part of his three-day tour of the region to inspect the project, stated that in fulfillment of the pledge he made in the run-up to the 2016 elections, his administration has begun the construction of ranches across the country to end the recurrent clashes.
Speaking to the residents of Wawase, the president disclosed that the issue has been a challenge for government for several years.
The GH¢1.8 million project aimed at averting the clashes between herdsmen and peasant farmers in the area was started by the previous Kufuor administration in February, 2007.
It was expected to be completed in December, 2012 but when the NPP left power in 2008, the project was abandoned by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
President Akufo-Addo revealed that the construction of the ranch would help promote peace in the area.
The initiative, jointly being funded by the government of Ghana and the African Development Bank (AfDB), is the fourth of its kind in the region, which is going to serve as the feeding ground for over 6,000 cattle in the area.
The project has a veterinary and four dugouts in four sections within which grass would be grown to feed the cattle on rotational basis.
The cattle have been given tags for easy identification by the owners, who can always check from a distance on electric digital technology gadgets given to them by well trained persons.
President Akufo-Addo gave assurance that project would help boost agriculture in the area and curb clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
Meanwhile, the Kwahu Cattle Ranching Control Committee has registered over 24,377 cattle owned by 225 diverse owners operating in the Kwahu Affram Plains Areas since last year.
The committee, which was set up by the Kwahu Traditional Council, identified four fodder banks totaling 2,269 acres at Wawase, Folie Folie, Amankwaa and Memfankye where the cattle would be moved to address the problems.
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