Ghana timber industry facing crisis
The Ghana Timber Processors Organisation (GTPO) has warned that the country will experience a shortage of timber raw material due to low production of the raw material.
Seventy-five out of 100 local timber manufacturing companies have closed down in the last few years and the country may be forced to start spending millions of cedis on timber imports.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Timber Processors Organisation, Dr Kwame Asamoah Adam, blamed the phenomenon on forest destruction caused by frequent forest fires.
He said if the situation was not curbed, the remaining 25 timber companies in the North-West, Eastern and Central regions would close down permanently due to shortage of raw materials.
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