OPERATION ‘COW LEG NOW STARTS’-REGIONAL MINISTER

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A group photograph of the Regional Minister and the delegation after the meeting
The National Security Secretariat has released funds to the Ashanti Regional Security Council, REGSEC to carry out the planned ‘Operation Cow Leg’ to eventually flush out the nomadic herdsmen and the cattle from the Asante Akyem North district of the Ashanti region. 

Operation Cow Leg which is expected to start next week, aims to finally eject the nomads and their destructive cattle from the Afram Plains portion of the district to bring about lasting peace, safety and security to the area for the citizens go about their lawful activities without fear of attack. 

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong made this known in Kumasi while addressing students and staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College to mark the start of the five-day study tour of the region. 

The Ashanti region is not only the most populous administrative region of Ghana, but also a major economic centre in terms of trade, commerce, agricultural production as well as the hub of culture and tradition in the Ghana. 

These attributes make the region one of the most suitable areas for academic study for tertiary students. 

It is therefore no surprising that students of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College continue to select the region for their study in line with their academic requirements. 

The delegation, under the leadership of the Assistant Commandant of the College J.O. Kontor, comprises 14 staff members and 50 students including one Nigerian. 

The interest areas of the delegation include the galamsey operations, Fulani herdsmen menace, the Suame Light Industrial area and its prospect for the national economy, youth unemployment and the civilian-military relations. 

They will visit Afram Plains in the Asante Akyem North district, areas ravaged by galamsey activities, the Manhyia Palace and the Suame Light Industrial area to have a first hand information about the situations there. 

They will later each write a report for presentation as part of their academic requirements and later forwarded to the government copies of their findings for nation action. 

At the start of the study tour, they met and interacted with the staff of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council headed by the Regional Minister, Mr. Samuel Sarpong. 


They were taken through the profile of the region, security challenges with the problems posed by galamsey activities and Fulani nomads featuring prominently. 

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Samuel Sarpong, who is also Chairman of the Regional Security Council, disclosed that funds have now been secured from the National Security Secretariat and that the REGSEC will very soon launch its ‘Operation Cow Leg’ to eventually flush out the Fulani herdsmen and their cattle from the Asante Akyem North district to bring about lasting peace and security in the area. 

In a remark, the Leader of the delegation, Assistant Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College J.O. Kontor, commended the Ashanti REGSEC for working very hard to address the issues that are  creating security problems in the region.
     


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