Kumasi veterans cry foul

In a front-page banner headline story, the Ghanaian Voice reports that the veterans of the Legion Village at Sofoline, a suburb of Kumasi, have called on the government to intervene on the sale of the land by the Ashanti Regional Administration of the Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG). The call is said to have been made by a 103-year-old veteran, Ex-Sgt Baba Sidiki, who has been the headman of the Village since 1946.

According to him, the problem on the sale of their land started years back when the veterans in the village created a mini market to generate funds for their welfare with a five-man interim executive to run the administration of the area.

Ex-Sgt Sidiki claimed that the interim executive started embezzling monies accrued from the market and selling the land to the public as well.