She said the encroachment threatens the beauty, integrity and long-term preservation of Ghana’s heritage sites.
According to her, the lack of community engagement often makes residents resistant to efforts to remove illegal structures around forts and castles.
“Often, we leave out the engagement with the community. And so they don’t see the importance of why our, for example, call for the demolition of illegal structures around the forts and castles,” she said.
“If I show you pictures of the encroachment on the buffer for the forts and castles, you will join me in doing Aluta,” she said.
The Minister maintained that protecting Ghana’s cultural heritage requires collaboration between government, traditional authorities, local communities and other stakeholders.
She called for a more coordinated approach to preserving the country’s forts, castles and other heritage assets for future generations.
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