Reports along Ghana’s western frontier in the Bono Region, where damaged boundary pillars and neglected settlements are creating new worries about boundary management and human security, have been verified by a week-long field exercise by the Ghana Boundary Commission.
The group conducted thorough inspections in border communities in the Dormaa Central and Jaman South Municipalities under the direction of Commissioner-General Major General Anthony Ntem.
The Ghana Revenue Authority’s Customs Division and the Ghana Immigration Service’s officials had previously reported that some of the nation’s international boundary markers were in bad condition, and what they discovered on the ground mainly supported those concerns.
Many of the pillars are still standing, however some have been destroyed, moved, or vandalised. Officials attribute the damage to a combination of natural conditions and human activities, which might make boundary security and demarcation more difficult.
Notably, the aforementioned municipalities have not yet been included in the joint reaffirmation exercise being carried out by the Boundary Commissions of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which involves replacing international boundary pillars along the common land boundary.
Phase Three (3) of the Joint Reaffirmation Exercise is expected to resolve issues related to the reconstruction of the specified pillars in these sites.
Source: newsthemegh.com