Officials of Waterstone Realty Limited, the organisation accusing authorities of indifference and dangerous a lawsuit to get better reimbursement over its workplace complicated which become forcibly demolished to make manner for the development of the National Cathedral, say the choice to are seeking justice in courtroom docket seems the simplest one left.
“Going to courtroom docket is what we're presently finding out on. We have had more than one conferences the day past and these days with our felony crew to determine the right time to visit courtroom docket. That is that if we nevertheless do now no longer pay attention from authorities. It is our final option”, Abdul Hafiz, in-fee of works at Waterstone Realty advised Graphic Online on Friday.
According to the organisation, because being ejected from its two-storey, multi-reason constructing adjoining the Physicians and Surgeons complicated at Ridge, no reimbursement has been offered, even as a promise via way of means of authorities to relocate the organisation has now no longer been honoured.
The simplest actual strive at resolving the matter, in step with the organisation, has been for the authorities to allocate a constructing as replacement, however because it became out, Waterstone Realty has now no longer been capable of take ownership of it due to the fact it's far housing a kingdom institution, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
According to the organisation, the authorities in overdue May 2018, wrote to request that it vacates the two-storey multi-reason constructing at Ridge inside one month to make manner for the National Cathedral project, declining a plea for the extension of the ultimatum.
It become ultimately razed, at the side of others housing some of kingdom institutions.
Not simplest did the organisation lose its offices, it additionally misplaced enterprise as a result, but, all entreaties to the authorities to honour its facet of the good buy have fallen on deaf ears, main to the modern-day chance to visit courtroom docket.
The organisation stated it currently petitioned the Attorney General's workplace to interfere withinside the matter, but that has additionally yielded no antidote.
At the time the authorities demanded a holiday of the constructing, Waterstone Realty says it had rented the complicated out to a tenant for $84,000 according to year, for which motive it needed to refund $54,000 to the tenant. Background
Per letters exchanged among the authorities and Waterstone Realty Limited, and different files we've got sighted, on May 30, 2018, the then Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu, wrote to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Waterstone Realty Limited informing him approximately the selection of the authorities to take over the assets for the development of the National Cathedral.
“Being an occupant of a part of the stated land, which might be stricken by the development, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources needs to have interaction with you in the direction of the clean relocation of your outfit/assets to pave manner for the demolition and next creation of the Cathedral project.
Due to the urgency of the Cathedral project, it's far predicted that the webweb page could be vacated via way of means of 1st July 2018 to allow vacant ownership to accept to the contractors,” the letter indicated.
On June 4, 2018, Waterstone Realty spoke back to the Minister's letter and pleaded for an extra one month to allow its tenant, who become the use of the constructing as a enterprise premise, to relocate to some other place, however the authorities rejected this.
After vacating the assets, Waterstone Realty wrote to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources on September 12, 2018, to inquire approximately whilst it'd be compensated.
The organisation, withinside the letter, pleaded with the authorities to compensate it urgently to save you in addition lack of personnel and effect negatively on its enterprise.
The then Acting Technical Director of Lands on the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, James E.K Dickson, spoke back to the letter on October 8, 2018, and confident Waterstone Realty that the authorities might quickly deal with its concerns. Allocation of recent assets
Consequently, the then Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Sulemana Mahama, on August 12, 2020, wrote to Waterstone Realty Limited, informing the organisation of an allocation of some other assets on a plot of land, measuring 1.26 acres of land on the Ridge residential area, to update the only that become compulsorily received via way of means of the authorities for the development of the National Cathedral.
Waterstone Realty, in a letter of popularity dated August 14, 2020, popular the land and paid the desired administrative charge of GHC1,500. Inability to own the assets
However, on March 3, 2021, legal professionals for Waterstone Realty Limited wrote to the Minister of Works and Housing approximately its purchaser's lack of ability to take ownership of the brand new assets as it become already being occupied via way of means of some other organisation.
The letter become copied to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, and the National Cathedral Secretariat.
There become no reaction from the authorities, which made the legal professionals for Waterstone Realty Limited, observe up with some other letter dated May 20, 2021, to the Minister of Works and Housing, to drum domestic the unfair remedy meted out to its purchaser.
“The query is, does it honour God to expropriate our purchaser's assets for a National Cathedral Project with out activate charge of reimbursement?'' the letter queried.
Once again, the authorities didn't reply to the letter, and this brought on the legal professionals of Waterstone Realty to tell the Attorney–General (A-G) approximately its purchaser intends to sue the authorities to implement its right.
The letter to the A-G, dated October 1, 2021, said that the brand new constructing allotted to Waterstone Realty as reimbursement become being occupied via way of means of the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
The legal professionals of Waterstone Realty observed up with a petition to the A-G on November 4, 2021, approximately the unfair remedy meted out to its purchaser and the capability for it to generate judgment debt towards the kingdom.
“We are via way of means of this petition being a citizen and now no longer a spectator to convey on your excessive workplace the canker of indifference main to a capability judgment debt,” the petition to the A-G read. I'm
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