Ghana: British Researcher On Bui Dam Thrown Out

27 March 2001
The Independent (Accra)

Accra — After months of preparing to come to Ghana to continue with a research on hippopotamus and crocodile populations at the Bui National Park, Mr. Daniel Bennet, a Biologist from the University of Aberdeen in Great Britain is now vowing never to return to this country.

This follows a decision last week by Mr. Nick Ankudey, the Director of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission in Ghana asking Mr. Bennet not to set foot into the Bui National Park and surrounding villages to conduct the research.

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