Ningo Land dispute: Obed distances himself

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Joe Turkey 10 years ago

Obed Asamoah has always had his hands stained in land disputes. He chopped the monetary compensation meant for those villagers displaced as a result of the construction of the Akosombo dam. It is on record.

Obed Asamoah has always had his hands stained in land disputes. He chopped the monetary compensation meant for those villagers displaced as a result of the construction of the Akosombo dam. It is on record.
elliot amanor tetteh 10 years ago

the man said he was the attorney general and also once a member of said committee. in all this way is he saying he is not aware of all that happened. the family of nene tei nartey boso boahene need to be surported by all leg ...
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the man said he was the attorney general and also once a member of said committee. in all this way is he saying he is not aware of all that happened. the family of nene tei nartey boso boahene need to be surported by all legally to claim their land.
GOD SAVE GHANA. 10 years ago

OYIWA!THERE WE GO AGAIN,P/NDC BLAME OTHERS FOR PROPERTY OWNING DEMOCRACY,YET SOLD ALL THE STATE ASSETS TO THEMSLEVES AND WIFES.HYPOCRITES.

OYIWA!THERE WE GO AGAIN,P/NDC BLAME OTHERS FOR PROPERTY OWNING DEMOCRACY,YET SOLD ALL THE STATE ASSETS TO THEMSLEVES AND WIFES.HYPOCRITES.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

He never went to jail for the theft.

He never went to jail for the theft.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

Never accounted for it, Rawlings saved your neck.

Never accounted for it, Rawlings saved your neck.
koffi parker 10 years ago

You were the minister or whatever, so how about it was purchased fraudulently in the name another Asamoah, fuckery just like Nsawam Cannery was purchased by Auntie Konadu. behind the facade of their immaculate suits and robes ...
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You were the minister or whatever, so how about it was purchased fraudulently in the name another Asamoah, fuckery just like Nsawam Cannery was purchased by Auntie Konadu. behind the facade of their immaculate suits and robes lies nothing but deceit,treachery, and wanton abused of Power
VERDICT 10 years ago

The family should go for their land since from the responses of Obed Yao and Martin Amidu, there is no record of the land having been divested and therefore the presence of Volta Investment Company on the said land is unlawfu ...
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The family should go for their land since from the responses of Obed Yao and Martin Amidu, there is no record of the land having been divested and therefore the presence of Volta Investment Company on the said land is unlawful and illegal.
Any action taken by the said investment company on the said land would necessitate sanctions including fines or imprisonment or the death penalty or all of the above.
Nuertey-A, USA 10 years ago

The people of Ningo have been betrayed.Betrayed by the criminal NDC politiciansincluding ET Mensah. Just as the land s of the Ga people were stolen, so also is the manipulative ways these thieves are stealing our lands.
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The people of Ningo have been betrayed.Betrayed by the criminal NDC politiciansincluding ET Mensah. Just as the land s of the Ga people were stolen, so also is the manipulative ways these thieves are stealing our lands.
The Ningos trusted the NDC blindly & they are stealing the land in the name of party slogans, Lord Have Mercy and "ningo-leehi" wake up from your slumber. Other wise future generations will never forgive you. Wake up1111
JOE PINTO 10 years ago

SORRY, YE NYEMINYUMU NUERTEY YOU ARE JUMPING THE GUN. IT IS TOO EARY YET TO SAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF NINGO, ESPECIALLY THE NENE TEI AND HIS FAMILY. IC AN TELL YOU THT THERE ARE SYNDICATES IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT WHO ARE SERIOUS ...
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SORRY, YE NYEMINYUMU NUERTEY YOU ARE JUMPING THE GUN. IT IS TOO EARY YET TO SAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF NINGO, ESPECIALLY THE NENE TEI AND HIS FAMILY. IC AN TELL YOU THT THERE ARE SYNDICATES IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT WHO ARE SERIOUSLY ENGAGED IN SUCH DODGY, FAKE AND ILLEGAL DEALS. THEY ADVISE AND HELP ILLEGITIMATE CHARACTERS TO AQUIRE LANDS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THEM. THEY HELP THEM IN DRAFTING AND PLOTING THE DOCUMENTS. SO LET'S THE INVESTIGATION BEGIN. AFTER ALL WE CAN HEAR BOTH OBED AND AMIDU CLEARLY DISTANTING THEMSELVES FROM OWNERSHIP. YES, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU. ANAS SHOULD GO TO LANDS AND LANDS COMMISSION.
Agyei debiso 10 years ago

BECAUSE THEY ARE ILLETRATE

BECAUSE THEY ARE ILLETRATE

BSP 10 years ago

Amidu"s answer is far from convincing. Obed acquitted himself better on the issue. Amidu should come back again. Nobody is arguing that the President is not the authority to divest the lands but what were the recommendations ...
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Amidu"s answer is far from convincing. Obed acquitted himself better on the issue. Amidu should come back again. Nobody is arguing that the President is not the authority to divest the lands but what were the recommendations for the divestiture of the Ningo lands when Amidu served on the DIC.
Hanna 10 years ago

Amidu's answer is far from convincing because he knows the truth will not take him anywhere. He's throwing this back at the President to investigate and do the right thing.

Amidu's answer is far from convincing because he knows the truth will not take him anywhere. He's throwing this back at the President to investigate and do the right thing.
NLESHIE ACCRA 10 years ago

OF COURSE NOTHING UNEXPECTED FROM AMIDU. HE IS AN 'A CLASS' WHEN IT COMES FROM RUNNING AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITIES. HE IS GOOD AT TURNING HIS BACK TO PROBLEMS WHICH ONE EXPECT HIM TO DISPLAY HIS COMPETENCE. INSTEAD, HE RUNS AW ...
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OF COURSE NOTHING UNEXPECTED FROM AMIDU. HE IS AN 'A CLASS' WHEN IT COMES FROM RUNNING AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITIES. HE IS GOOD AT TURNING HIS BACK TO PROBLEMS WHICH ONE EXPECT HIM TO DISPLAY HIS COMPETENCE. INSTEAD, HE RUNS AWAY AND STARTS WRITING LONG AND CURVY AND WINDED GRAMMAR. AMIDU HAS NEVER SERVED GHANA DILIGENTLY
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

If both Obed and Amidu say they had nothing to do with this divestiture and the Company purported to own the Land now, then the onus of explanation falls on the former President, J. J. Rawlings, who is said to have reserved t ...
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If both Obed and Amidu say they had nothing to do with this divestiture and the Company purported to own the Land now, then the onus of explanation falls on the former President, J. J. Rawlings, who is said to have reserved the right to append his signature for approval of all divestitures.

That does not necessarily mean, though, that J. J. might have know much about that Land or could have something to do with its current ownership. Nevertheless, if J. J. comes out to deny anything to do with the said divestiture, then we would be narrowing in on who might have dubiously divested the piece of Land. We have long underestimated the involvement of immovable fixtures of Civil Servants in our various Institutions who are repository of knowledge to either initiate or guide all the vicious chicanery to dispose of State Assets illegally for part benefits.

Someone who knew by placing Obed's name on the property would dissuade all inquisitive inquirers from pursuing establishing its authentic owners and question the ownership might have done just that.

Heaven knows how many of our over 300 National Factories divested could have ended up with dubious owners like in this land case. Land acquired to the State, especially, has been one big item suffering such injudicious divestiture. We have to blame the various Heads of State and Attorney-Generals, like Akufo-Addo, for such insensitive deprivation of the natural owners of their assets.

When Akufo-Addo was confronted with his role in divesting Lands in Accra, his only defense was that he did not collect any such Properties for himself. Well, that is not enough to exonerate him. As an Attorney-General, he was responsible for protecting our Assets, and should have done all that was required of his position to protect or properly disposed of those Assets. If he just sat unconcerned to allow his cronies and others dispose of such State Assets at will and to their convenience and at the detriment of the State or the real original owners, he surely failed the Nation in that capacity. And that alone should have disqualified him from daring to seek the Nation's Presidency.

I would love to see all divested State Assets revisited to assess how fairly they were divested. Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings' Nsawam Cannery acquisition was the only case that seemed to have gotten wide publicity and attracted suspicion, and even official review, thus far.

But how about all the others? From the Bogoso Glass Factory and Gold Mines to the Bolga Meat Factory; from the Asutware and Komenda Sugar Factories (that might have been left to rot) to the Kumasi Shoe and Jute Factories; from the Black Star Line to Ghana Airways, etc.

How could we be so much docile for so long to be used and reused and wasted that much?

I challenge our Judiciary to be part of a resumed interest in establishing the propriety in divesting and assigning exploitation rights of our National Assets to foreign entities.

Just as Justice Apau could single-handedly expose the rot in the long existing scheme to loot our coffers via Judgment Debts, so do I believe our revived Judiciary could redeem itself by undertaking such a colossal task to restore our Nation's wealth and progress and dignity.

And if anyone gets in the way, no matter what the entity's social or political ranking in the Nation, he or she or it must be exposed as such and quickly and drastically dealt with according to the Law.

Let the Judicial Axe grind! Let the Legal 'guillotine' strike! Let the chips fall where they might, in our last hopeful effort to salvage what is left of our Nationhood!!

Long Live Ghana!!!
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

I meant to say:

"That does not necessarily mean, though, that J. J. might have KNOWN much about that.."

I meant to say:

"That does not necessarily mean, though, that J. J. might have KNOWN much about that.."
aaa 10 years ago

Ningo needs a library, Coomunity centre and many public toilet facilities so this is the time to allow ET Mensah to put these resources to good use

Ningo needs a library, Coomunity centre and many public toilet facilities so this is the time to allow ET Mensah to put these resources to good use
NII 10 years ago

U LOVE NDC LIKE NO PARTY EXISTS,NOW SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE PEOPLE OF NINGO, NOBODY SHOULD CRY FOR THEM.

U LOVE NDC LIKE NO PARTY EXISTS,NOW SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE PEOPLE OF NINGO, NOBODY SHOULD CRY FOR THEM.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

This guy has always operated outside the constitution, Rawlings saved his neck in regard to the missing Akosombo Dam Compensation Funds.

This guy has always operated outside the constitution, Rawlings saved his neck in regard to the missing Akosombo Dam Compensation Funds.
Otwenua Adamfo 10 years ago

People used to say a prominent lawyer on the Akosombo Dam compensation funds used his toes as fingerprints on the claim forms to cheat illiterate landowners.

People used to say a prominent lawyer on the Akosombo Dam compensation funds used his toes as fingerprints on the claim forms to cheat illiterate landowners.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

Who financed the building of the hotel, Bank Loan ???

Who financed the building of the hotel, Bank Loan ???

Plasma Kote 10 years ago

Please Obed, explain this one.

Please Obed, explain this one.
Abu Issaka 10 years ago

"Only the President can divest a property"says Amidu. Hmmmm so Rawlings divested Nsawam cannery to his wife??!! If so nobody can convince me Rawlings is not corrupt.

"Only the President can divest a property"says Amidu. Hmmmm so Rawlings divested Nsawam cannery to his wife??!! If so nobody can convince me Rawlings is not corrupt.
the crusader 10 years ago

OneOF GHANAS CURSES.

OneOF GHANAS CURSES.

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