The Ga traditional council has demanded the immediate cessation of the construction of a purported hostel facility for head porters, popularly known as “kayayei”, at Agbogbloshie in the Greater Accra Region.
The council said the construction of the facility is an affront to the Ga people who are the rightful owners of the said land. It had, in an earlier statement, called for the project to be halted and the land used for the benefit of the Ga people.
A statement signed and issued by King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse and president of the council, said his outfit has noted with displeasure the continuous work on the construction of the purported hostel facility by some unidentified people, without its authority and permission.
It said the council has not been contacted or engaged in prior discussions with anyone on such a project or any other project at Agbogbloshie.
“The council members unanimously resolved to oppose this project and condemn same as not being in the interest of the Ga state,” the statement said.
“The Ga Mantse (overlord of the Ga state) and president of the Ga traditional council, His Royal Majesty King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, is hereby authorised and empowered on behalf of the Ga Traditional Council and the people of the Ga state to issue a strongly worded statement to the people involved that they should cease construction forthwith,” it added.
The council said, under no circumstances should such a project proceed on the land at Agbogbloshie to the “prejudice of the Gas”, adding that the 40 acres of prime land was promised to the Ga state for the construction of a very needed facility.
It urged any person or group that wished to proceed with such a project of building a hostel facility for “Kayayei” to seek a new site outside the city.
“The Ga traditional council, under the leadership of its president, Ga Mantse, and the people of the Ga state, remain vehemently opposed to this project,” it added.
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