Some Ga-Dangbe youth and traditional leaders have expressed dissatisfaction over continuous land grabbing by government officials.
According to the group, since the New Patriotic Party came into office, the rampant land grabbing under their administration has been unmatched.
Although the President, Akufo-Addo in an interaction with the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs last month, noted that he has directed the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs to begin consultations with the House of Chiefs, as part of moves to deal with issues of compulsory acquisition of land by the government, the group believes that only adds salt to their injury.
They insisted that President Akufo-Addo remains complicit over the incidence.
Mr Jeffrey Addo kwei Tetteh, the group’s leader told the press on Tuesday November 10: “He whose kernel was broken by the benevolent spirit must learn not to boast”.
“We would have had this media interaction on 27 October 2020 but for the timely request and persuasion by the NPP National Chairman, Mr Freddy Blay, who requested a 48-hour window of intervention, which was closely followed by a plea from Honourable Adjiri Blankson on the same subject.
“Although we knew their intention of buying time to work out a strategy, we still gave them the audience out of respect for the elderly.
“It was, therefore, not surprising to us when President Nana Akufo-Addo, in adding insult to our injuries, indicated his readiness to institute a commission to start looking into GaDangme land matters next year January, as if the term of the presidency extends beyond the stipulated four years in the Constitution and, again, as if the president already knows the outcome of the forthcoming election.
“Do you already know what tomorrow brings, in terms of political power, Mr President?
“Your greatest silence in these inimical activities can best be described as connivance, if not indicating of your complicity; otherwise, why should these appointees, i.e. Dominic Nitiwul, Asomah Cheremeh, Maxwell Nsafoah, Alhaji Sulley and Stephen Ntim, among others still be in office under the rule of law.
“The La State has been bleeding for the past 60 years and still counting, with the members of the La traditional council being gagged to suit the whims and caprices of the government as always, and if care is not taken, whatever scenario that took place at Denkyira Obuasi and elsewhere might be replicated in the worst form in La in the foreseeable future if and only if these demands are not addressed within reasonable and redeemable time.”
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