Wednesday 11th July, 2018
Chiefs and people living in towns and villages
where land guards operates should muster the needed courage to report t
Gomoa-Amenfi (C/R), July 11, GNA – The
Benkumhene of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area, Nana Kojo Beedu VI, has called on
Ghanaians, especially chiefs, to assist the Government in its efforts at
abolishing the formation and operations of illegal landguards activities in the
country.
Chiefs and people living in towns and villages
where land guards operates should muster the needed courage to report the
activities of such groups to the security agencies for prompt action.
Nana Kojo Beedu was speaking to the media
after cutting the sod for work to commence on an 80,000 Ghana Cedi development
project at Gomoa–Amenfi in the Central Region.
He described as undesirable and totally
unacceptable the behaviour of people who organize, instruct, and wilfully
encourage land guards to destroy properties and in some cases, kill innocent
people because of land issues.
Nana Kojo Beedu advised individuals,
companies, and organizations wishing to secure lands for development purposes
to always ensure that such lands were properly acquired to avoid using
illegally-organized groups to guard their pieces of land.
The Benkumhene maintained that if lands
acquired by individuals and organizations were properly documented, there will
be no need for owners of such plots or pieces of land to illegally engage the
services of land guards to harass and kill innocent people.
He praised Mr. C.K Okyere, the Life Patron of
Winneba-based “Anyidado Club” who acquired the land to construct a commercial
project that would provide jobs for the unemployed citizens in the community.
On his part, Mr. Okyere expressed his
appreciation to Nana Kojo Beedu and the people of Amenfi for the offer and
co-operation and hope they would sustain it.
GNA