OFFICERS at the Ministry of Lands should explain to Zambians the procedure that was used to degazette land to people in Forest Reserve 27, the New Congress Party (NCP) has demanded.NCP President, Peter Chanda, said the Commissioner of Lands should tell the Zambians the criteria used to demarcate the forest and which law was used to arrive at the decision.Mr Chanda stated in an interview that land allocation in the country has always been subjected to serious scrutiny and certain areas such as forests are demarcated with the concert of policy makers.“We need to get to the root of the matter, where it began from, we need to look at the policy that was used by the Commissioner of Lands to allocate plots in the forest. How was the place degazetted, was it as Act that was involved?“We need to look at all these things before we start pointing figures at the people that got […]
NCP WANTS ANSWERS ON FOREST 27 DE-GAZETTING
