SAVE THE CHILD MINISTRIES AND QUEENMOTHER OF KWASHIEMAN & ANOR [2001]DLCHRAJ5904

Date	2001-05-30
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/32/2000/1984
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5904

CHRIS A. OPOKU

[2001]DLCHRAJ5904
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">SAVE THE CHILD MINISTRIES <o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANTS)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">QUEENMOTHER OF KWASHIEMAN
&amp; ANOR <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/32/2000/1984&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 30/5/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS
A. OPOKU DEPUTY CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>By
a petition dated December 28, 1999 and forwarded to the Commission by the IMELI
National Council on Women and Development, the complainant complained about encroachment on land acquired from the
Accra Metropolitan Authority and extortion and harassment by the Queenmother of
Kwashieman and another.<o:p></o:p>COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
complainant, an NGO that trains orphans and needy children in the manufacture
of gas ovens and gas cookers was given permission by the Accra Metropolitan
Authority (AMA) to work on a piece of land which was said be a Government
reservation at Kwashieman in Accra. The complainant alleges that one Lartey who
lives near the said piece of land claimed that he owned the land and insisted
that they 'pay an amount of ten thousand cedis monthly. The AMA advised the
complainant against paying any money to Lartey since he does not own the land.
Lartey reported the matter to the Queenmoiher of Kwashieman who sent for the
complainant and threatened them with ejection from the land unless they pay her
an amount of six million cedis. The respondent, kept demanding various sums of
money from the complainant and constantly sends her land guards to harass them
in their workshop.<o:p></o:p>The
complainant failed to provide the Commission with any contact address for both
the Queenmother and Lartey. The Commission therefore sent the complainant a
letter asking for a postal or residential address. The Commission did not hear
from the "complainant for several months and when a reminder was sent, a
representative of the complainant called at the Commission to say that the AMA
had taken up the matter and was mediating the matter. The complainant was thus
advised to continue with alternate dispute resolution and give the Commission a
feedback of whatever happens.<o:p></o:p>In the light of the above the Commission
ceased investigation in accordance with section 13(1) (b) of Act 456 1993 which
states;<o:p></o:p>13(1)
“Where in the course of the investigation of any complaint it appears to the<o:p></o:p>Commission<o:p></o:p>(b)
that having regard to all the circumstances of the case, any further
investigation is unnecessary, it may refuse to investigate the matter further.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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