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Kasoa landlords reject final compensation
Winneba, Dec. 30, GNA - Twelve landlords at Kasoa whose
buildings have been earmarked for demolition to give way for
the construction of the Mallam-Kasoa highway, have refused
to collect the final payment of their compensation package
totaling 1,437,829,800 cedis.
Mr Solomon Kwashie Abbam-Quaye, District Chief Executive for
Awutu-Effutu-Senya, who disclosed this to the Ghana News
Agency in an interview at Winneba on Wednesday said the
landlords, who had all received the first tranche of the
package feared that their buildings would be demolished soon
after collecting the final settlement.
The monies ranging from 40,976,000 cedis to 323,900,000
cedis for the individual landlords represent the final
payment of the compensation package.
Mr Abbam-Quaye said his office had received copies of
letters from the Ghana Highway Authority requesting
beneficiary landlords to collect their compensation packages
on October 4, this year but expressed regret that since then
all efforts to get the recipients had proved futile.
He said the refusal of the landlords to go for the money was
delaying the final stage of the road works at Kasoa and
warned the affected landlords to go for the money because
the Ghana Highways Authority in collaboration with his
office would soon embark on the final demolition of all
affected buildings along the highway to give way for the
completion of the project.
Mr Abbam-Quaye said government would use part of the
compensations of recalcitrant landlords who persistently
refused to vacate their premises to pay for the cost of the
demolition exercise.
GNA
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