Brigadier General Emmanuel Kotia, the National Coordinator of the Ghana Boundary Commission, said Ghana and Togo would re-install their boundary pillars by the end of May 2022.
Brig. Gen. Kotia, speaking to press after touring the Ghana-Togo border, said the Commission’s first aim is to preserve all Ghanaian territories.
According to him, this is part of a strategy to avoid large land disputes in the future.
“The consensus here is that both countries will form a technical team to work on rebuilding these pillars together.” We’ve given ourselves until May as a deadline.”
Because Togo is on one side of the boundary player and Ghana is on the other, we cannot have a new boundary player or the construction of a pillar without the Togolese’s approval. Because the line boundary projects will clearly identify the international boundary line, we will have the Ghana Immigration Service reinforcing any encroachment once we get these pillars lined up appropriately at the various sites,” he explained.
Ghana and Togo have had a long-running disagreement about their borders.
Since 2017, Ghana and Togo have been in talks on establishing a shared marine border.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana and President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, who represent their respective countries, agreed on peaceful and concerted efforts to address the issue and foster bilateral relations.
In April 2021, the Ghana Boundary Commission began an audit of the country’s land border with Togo in order to prevent a big land conflict between the two countries.
The exercise was prompted by concerns about several boundary conflicts received from various security agencies, traditional authority, and local authorities.
The mandate’s Technical Committee has so far agreed on a road map for the negotiations.
