Principal Elders of the Owoo Family says they have restrained themselves from participating in the ongoing Achimota Forest brouhaha following a good advise and judgement.
According to the Principal Elders, it is ready to set some record straight on the ongoing Achimota Forest and matters arising.
In a statement issued by the family, it said "The Owoo Family, the pre-acquisition owners, of all the land acquired in 1921 and 1927 for the Achimota School, have suffered grave historical injustice. The family have had to, in the past, accept and/or acquiesce to terms to enable it move on which it strongly believes have been unfair and unjust"
The Family added that the much talked about 19th August, 2016 ceremony which has been erroneously stated in the public as an occasion when land was released to the Owoo family is false and misleading.
"That ceremony was a sod cutting ceremony for the development of the Achimota Forest into an Eco-Tourism park. The Owoo Family were mere invitees/guest"
The Owoo Family also revealed that compensation has not been paid for the 1927 acquisition
"The acreage due the Owoo family was arrived at through a long standing negotiations which in many respects predates the current administration. This was done with the active involvement of various State tec.hnical negotiators and agencies"
It is emerging that the Owoo family has petitioned all governments in the fourth republican dispensation and indeed is yet to take possession of any parcel of land to date.
"We commit to conducting ourselves in a manner which will not compromise the ecological integrity of the adjoining forest reserve and call on the general public to please disregard any misleading contributions to the ongoing public discussions"
Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith
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