People's Liberation Council (PLC) of Western Togoland have said that the recently discovered iron ore in the Oti Region belongs to the people of Western Togoland and not Ghana.
According to the PLC, the territory that the Government of Ghana is referring to as the Oti Region belongs to the people of Western Togoland, and, therefore, any attempt by the government to extract any mineral from it amounts to trespassing.
'First of all, we wish to state that there's nothing like Oti Region where the so-called discovery was said to have been made. That territory does not belong to the Gold Coast or the Republic of Ghana but is a bonafide territory of Western Togoland, and therefore Ghana has no business whatsoever to trespass into that territory.
"Indeed, the people of Western Togoland have long been aware of the deposits of iron ore in commercial quantities in that portion of their territory and so this announcement by the republic of Ghana about the discovery of the minerals was nothing new to the people of Western Togoland," parts of a statement copied to GhanaWeb by the PLC, read.
The group also added that the action by the Government of Ghana amounts to a contravention of international laws.
"Indeed, the UN charter on Trust Territories forbids the exploitation of mineral deposits by Ghana in Western Togoland (See the UN charter on Trust Territories below) and as there is no formal agreement between the two nations since the Union which should have addressed these issues was never established, there could never have been any grounds upon which Ghana should be exploiting mineral deposits in Western Togoland leading to this so-called discovery," it said.
The council, therefore, called on the international community to condemn the Ghanaian government's actions and warn itagainstany attempts to explore minerals found on the territories of the people of Western Togoland.
Meanwhile, the Oti Regional Minister, Joshua G. Makuba, has stated that mining iron ore in the region will commence in the middle of next year.
The minister said that the discovery of iron ore in his region would help transform Ghana's economy.
"I want to advise people in Accra to start looking for land in the Oti Region because what is going to take Ghana from our current state to a very industrialised nation has been found in the Oti Region and that is the iron ore," he told the media at a press conference.
Read the full statement by the PLC below:
12th October 2022
Subject: Press Statement
To All Media Houses
COUNCIL TATEMENT(PLC) BY THEOF WESTERN PEOPLE'S TOGOLAND LIBERATION ON THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE DISCOVERY OF IRON ORE IN THE OTI REGION.
Warm Regards, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.
The attention of the People's Liberation Council (PLC) of Western Togoland government of Ghana on the purported discovery IRON ORE in commercial quantities in the Oti region and the government's nove to leverage on Ghana's LITHIUM deposits to start manufacturing batteries locally for which the PLC wishes to react accordingly as follows:
1.First of all we wish to state that there's nothing like Oti region where the so-called discovery was said to have been made. That territory doesnotbelong to the Gold Coast or there public Ghana but is a on a fide territory of Western Togoland, and herefore Ghana has no business what so ever to trespass into that territory.
Indeedthepeople of Western Togoland have long been aware of the deposits of iron ore in commercial quantities in that portion of their territory and so this announcement by the republic of Ghana about the discovery of the minerals vas nothing new to the people of Western ogoland.
Indeed the UN charter on Trust Territories forbids the exploitation of mineral deposits by Ghana in Western Togoland See the UN charter on Trust Territories below) and as there is no formal agreement between thetwo nations since the Union which should have addressed these issu was never established, there could never have been any grounds upon which Ghana as should be exploiting mineral deposits in Western Togoland leading to this so-called discovery. This action by the government of Ghana should be condemned in no uncertain terms by the international community and Ghanna must be cautioned to refrain from any such exploits going forward.
3. That the LITHIUM which Ghana hopes to mine as raw material for the manufacture of batteries locally s also deposited in commercial quantities under the Adaklu mountain a territory also inWesternTogolandwhichalso Ghana is forbidden by international statutes from exploiting. The impunity with which Ghana has over the years andledtheWestern
Togoland problem is giving birth to the second school of thought. Before the invasion of the colonial imperialists subsequently resulting in the arenavon or Ghana after or Western BritainTogoland to the Gold Coast and her Collaborators in the UN used some Machiavellian antics to achieve their diabolical plans. This second school which isnotthe position of the PLC, They believe that the people of Western Togoland are tired of being treated as sec d-class citizens in their own nation by the government of Ghana. They also believe that these artificial supers he two erected TOGOLANDS by Britain and France to separate
should be removed so they can dwell together in and peace for accelerated development of their ations if Ghana continually refuses to implement the Union the people of Western Togoland voted for in the May, 1956 plebiscite
A case in point was that of Eastern and Western Germany which were separated byt he Berlin wall also known as on curtain during world war II. The people have realised the folly this wall that separated them, pulled it down and united for a common national agenda and the rest is history.
We conclude by appealing to any investors both local and foreign who may toenter into any agreement with the of Ghana for the mining of any natural re rces under the earth in Western Togoland to cautiously as Ghana has no agreement with Western Togoland tothat
Ghana takes the necessary democratic and steps to implement the Union the two nations and Western Togoland so as to come to an on the way at the ny Invessuch investment will be null and void risk. Thank you for your usual cooperation and ttention. God bless all . find links to the TOGOLAND Trusteeship Here:
Long live Western Togoland,
Long live Ghana,
Long Live Ghana and Western Togoland Union.
Issued by the Communications Bureau of the Liberation Council (PLC) of Western Togoland
