Landowners at Suhum threaten to block Apedwa/Kumasi road

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• kweku abrokyire 12 years ago

  is the road construction completed? just asking?

  is the road construction completed? just asking?

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• Cry Your Own Cry 12 years ago

  There are lots of demands on govt these days that leads me to believe our govt does not keep track of her commitments. It is like a man how has many children and do not know which woman bore him the individual children.
  
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  There are lots of demands on govt these days that leads me to believe our govt does not keep track of her commitments. It is like a man how has many children and do not know which woman bore him the individual children.
  
  We have lots of greedy people in govt anyway so they might be short-changing people and nobody says anything.

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• NANA AKUFFO ADDO 12 years ago

  NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THIS AKYEM CURSED PEOPLE.WHY DID YOU NOT DEMAND THE COMPENSATION WHEN NPP WAS IN POWER?AFTER ALL YOU ALSO USE THAT ROAD TO YOUR CURSED VILAGES.GO AHEAD AND BLOCK IT.NONSENSE.

  NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THIS AKYEM CURSED PEOPLE.WHY DID YOU NOT DEMAND THE COMPENSATION WHEN NPP WAS IN POWER?AFTER ALL YOU ALSO USE THAT ROAD TO YOUR CURSED VILAGES.GO AHEAD AND BLOCK IT.NONSENSE.

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• MATHS 12 years ago

  I don't know the circumstances under which the land was taken, but I believe when the national good is concerned, private interests cease. I also believe the Contractor is sthe one who factors into his contract the amount to ...
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  I don't know the circumstances under which the land was taken, but I believe when the national good is concerned, private interests cease. I also believe the Contractor is sthe one who factors into his contract the amount to be paid to people who affected by any construction works. If I am right, then 1 Company of soldiers should be deployed there to keep the road open and anyone who comes near be shot to death.

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• Moderator 12 years ago

  Maths, no matter under what circumstances the land was acquired, the righful owners have to be compensated by the acquiring body. In this case it is the Government of Ghana which compulsorily acquired the land and should the ...
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  Maths, no matter under what circumstances the land was acquired, the righful owners have to be compensated by the acquiring body. In this case it is the Government of Ghana which compulsorily acquired the land and should therefore compensate those owners. The contractor has nothing to do with the land acquisition. Your suggestion that soldiers should be deployed to the site and shoot any one that comes near the site is barbaric. While the threat of blocking the road by those people is unacceptable, the only solution to this problem is for the Government to pay the compensation.

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• COMMON SENSE 12 years ago

  Quite rightly, moderator

  Quite rightly, moderator

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• Sunkwa 12 years ago

  You get their land you've to pay them--when will the Ghanaian learn what's the right thing to do?---I can bet you some idiots are sitting on the funds using the money for their own benefit.

  You get their land you've to pay them--when will the Ghanaian learn what's the right thing to do?---I can bet you some idiots are sitting on the funds using the money for their own benefit.

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• COMMON SENSE 12 years ago

  Sunkwa, you assume that some people are sitting on the money and you are quite right. It is also possible that some bosses have already made huge estimates of compensation for the farmers and indeed taken the money to enrich ...
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  Sunkwa, you assume that some people are sitting on the money and you are quite right. It is also possible that some bosses have already made huge estimates of compensation for the farmers and indeed taken the money to enrich their own families. Anything is possible. Please do not relent until you are paid.

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