District Assembly’s vehicles seized over indebtedness

A Bolgatanga High Court has impounded two vehicles belonging to the Talensi District Assembly for its inability to pay its debt to Tomore and Sons Company Ltd.

The two cars are the official black Nissan Patrol of the District Chief Executive, with registration number GN 1790-11, and a red Navara Pick-Up with registration number GT 3591-11, which is the official vehicle for the District Coordinating Director.

Tomore and Sons Company Ltd is demanding a total amount of GH¢ 81,345 from the Talensi District Assembly.

The total debt comprises the principal amount of GH¢51,000, an interest of GH¢25,245 accrued from October 2012 to October 2014, and the legal cost of GH¢5,100.

In October 2011, Tomore and Son Company Ltd, a construction firm, was awarded a contract by the Talensi District Assembly, then the Talensi-Nabdam District Assembly, to build a one-unit three classroom block with a store, four seater KVIP and urinal at Woog, all valued at GH¢60,000.

According to facts of the case, the contractor was given an initial amount of GH¢9,000 to start the project. After that initial payment, he reportedly used his funds to complete the project.

On October 16, 2012 the contractor wrote to the assembly to come and inspect the project so that he could hand it over. The inspection was done and it was subsequently handed over to the assembly in October 2012.

However, efforts by Tomore and Sons Company Ltd to get its remaining GH¢51,000 from the assembly did not yield any positive results, prompting it to institute a legal action against the assembly on 13th May, 2014.

The Talensi District Assembly has been appearing in court since May 2014 to defend itself and explain its current state as an assembly carved out of the former Talensi-Nabdam District Assembly.

The two vehicles were impounded on November 4, 2014 and the assembly has up to a month to pay the debt or have the vehicles auctioned by the court.