Speaker urges Ghanaians to avoid partisanship in protecting the environment

Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has stated that, no matter what the political persuasion is, it behooves on all Ghanaians to join in the efforts at protecting the environment, and by extension, saving the planet.

He made this remarks on the occasion of the 2022 Edition of the Green Ghana Day held in Accra.

Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin said, the annual event should not only be for just tree planting but instead, make it a tree growing exercise. “Let us look out for the trees we plant and make sure they grow. That is the best way to make progress on climate change”.

The Speaker noted that, in today’s world, issues of the environment and climatic change have become topical, not because they are fashionable, but because they are existential issues for each and everyone including every living thing on the planet. “There is a veritable threat to human existence, which is typified by the impact of environmental degradation on the climate and on our lives”.

He said, what people tend to forget very often is that, there is a nexus between the extent to which the environment is protected and the growth and development as a nation adding that, Ghana can therefore not successfully pursue an economic development and growth agenda, if people continue to consign the environmental and climate challenges to the environmental scientists alone.

“The time to act is now, and that is why we are all here. We need to dial the re-tune knob on climate change!”