NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE LANDS COMMISSION

The Osu Stool per the occupant thereof granted certain leases of plots of land within the Ridge Residential Area for fifty (50) years all of which have expired. Subsequently, the leases granted by the Osu Stool were vested in Ghana National Trading Corporation (GNTC) by virtue of Ghana National Trading Corporation (Vesting Properties) Law, 1991, (P.N.D.C.L. 315) which made provision for compensation to be paid to the Osu Stool. Some of the properties vested in the GNPC under P.N.D.C.L. 315 were mentioned in paragraph 6(a)-(e) of the Amended Statement of Claim. Unfortunately, according to Plaintiff stool, in spite of several demands, no such compensation has been paid. Plaintiff avers that Divestiture Implementation Committee(D.I.C.) took over some of these subject matter of the leases and so Plaintiff Stool caused their former lawyers, Justking & Associates, to write a letter dated 24th day of September 1998 to them (D.I.C.) and demanded payment of compensation in respect of those p...