The chief and people of Joma in the Ga South Municipality in the Greater Accra region have secured a court injunction barring city authorities from carrying out further demolition exercises in the community.
About a thousand houses including the chief’s palace have been razed down in the community over the past few weeks leading to the displacement of thousands of persons.
Nii Ayittey Noyatse I, chief of Joma in an interview with Citi News said by the injunction secured on Wednesday at the Land Division of the High Court in Accra, the Ga South Municipality is obliged to suspend the demolition exercise until the outcome of the case is known.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company, Kweku Botwe, said government has paid the residents of Joma the necessary compensations.
Mr. Botwe said the last payment of compensation was made in 2005 adding that there are documents to that effect.
Source: Citifmonline