Adubinso chief orders private developers to halt work and submit allocation papers for verification

Nana Kwesi Asiedu, the Chief of Adubinso Kese, a suburb of Afigya Kwabre in the Ashanti Region, has urged private developers within his jurisdiction to provide their documents for verification before they continue work.

Addressing a press conference at his palace to explain the reason behind his current directive, the chief disclosed that the action was meant to protect developers from any future consequences.

According to him, a nine-member committee has been set up to verify the legibility of the developers' documents, citing that most of them are not secured since they did not acquire the lands through the appropriate means.

The chief who has made a new layout for the Adubinso Kese township with the approval from the Afigya Kwabre South district said the directive has also been necessitated to enable the committee to check if the developers were in conformity with the layout.

"Some of them are building on roads, others in market areas, among others. These and many others are the reasons we are calling on these developers to stop work for now, come for verification, and we will make a new arrangement for them even if they are at the wrong place."

"This is not something that must scare you. We are only seeking to protect you. I don't want a situation whereby your building may be affected by road construction or any other projects because you were building at the wrong place. I don't want to see people cry over the demolition of their structures, and that is why we are making this peaceful call," he said.

The chief further bemoaned encroachment on the town's hospital market and lorry station lands.

According to him, the hospital land, which has 10 acres, has been encroached.

He urged the government to bring more projects into his community since they have available lands.