KMA accused of Illegally Developing on railway Land
The Ghana Railway Company has accused the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) of illegally developing on a land which belongs to the company.
Ashanti regional area manager for the Ghana Railway Company, Edward Quashie told Otec fm’s Isaac Nsiah Foster that they have officially reported the matter to the police.
He explained that the KMA officially requested temporal use of their land situated at Adum in Kumasi for three months after which the land will be release to the Railway Company for rehabilitation works to be commenced as they await funds from government.
The KMA has disclosed the intention to move a section of the traders from the central business district to the Afia Kobi market, the Race Course and the land in contention which belongs to the railway company by Friday 8th September.
Investigations conducted by OTEC news reporter Isaac Nsiah Foster confirmed that the official request for the temporal use of Ghana Railway Company land situated at Adum in Kumasi for the relocation of the traders seems to be hanging in the balance.
“I contacted the deputy Sector Minister Andy Kankam, My MD and all other stakeholders about the KMA’s request and they all visited the land in Kumasi but to my surprise KMA had started developing the land without approval from the Ghana Railway Company”, Mr. Edward Quashie revealed.
He said he had no other option than to report the matter to the police because government had acquired a loan facility to be used for the rehabilitation of the railway company which has started with the Accra, Nsawam and Kumasi railway lines.
According to him, the police has ordered KMA to halt developing the land in question until they received an approval letter from the Ghana Railway company.
However the Brazilian contractor in charge of the Kejetia project, CONTRACTOR has barricaded the Kejetia part of the central business district from traders and other road users to speed up the ongoing construction works.
This as a result has created massive human traffic and a chaotic situation in the central business district leaving traders and drivers stranded without space to conduct business.
Source: otecfmghana.com/Isaac Nsiah Foster
