Court order, redevelopment plans - The backstory to the Fantasy Dome demolition

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  • Wasteman 1 year ago

    ITS UNFORTUNATE BUT…
    EVEN IF THEY GAVE HIM 100 YEARS TO MOVE HE WONT…ITS HOW WE ARE AS GHANAIANS…HE SAW OTHER STRUCTURES BEING DESTROYED BUT DECIDED TO STAY PUT

  • Bobby Stones 1 year ago

    Why couldn't he sort a different avenue for his project, if I were in his shoes I would not invest so much into a business that have uncertain future. He mentioned $5m and $20m worth at the time of demolition. People should s ...
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  • Fools Paradise 1 year ago

    So injunction was to get the court to ask your landlord, and the investors and contractors redeveloping the site to fold their arms and wait for you earn more from the dome whilst their costs escalate. They should rather take ...
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  • Akos 1 year ago

    What is Assase, Wuntumi, Yaa Asantewa and all the over two thousand Twi radio stations doing in Ga/Accra.What is the interest of Assase radio in La/ Ga, Land?Who is behind the demolition?Credible journalist must investigat ...
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  • Joy 1 year ago

    Does Ghana has money in the coffers to develop this place? Look Ghana is a shit place. So nana addo couldn't buy this building on cheaper cost from the owner to add what plan intends on doing on this land. I against the pull ...
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  • Atta Panyin 1 year ago

    Does Government develop everything. Isn't it the same private sector?

  • Showdown 1 year ago

    Blockhead. Dont you get it that its private sector developers of permanent world class infrastructure and facilities, not government funded. That is how modern convention centres and exhibition parks are financed and construc ...
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  • Korvi 1 year ago

    LAND GRABBERS at it again? Sir John as The Forestry CEO was sharing the forests as no one's business. Reports & videos on John Kumah has revealed a lot. What's Akufo Addo/ Bawumiah's philosophy? To impoverish Ghanaians and st ...
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  • Telecel/Vodafone stealing Data from customers 1 year ago

    Broadband data has started disappearing after Vodafone takeover by Telecel. This is how these international companies make their money. Consumer protection and NCA should investigate

  • Me nte gyae 1 year ago

    That delay tactics that some Ghanaians employ to frustrate rightful owners are not helping anyone. We must always consider the benefits of the majority of the people but not an individual and we must stop politicising everyth ...
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  • CHARGE HIM FOR THE COST OF DEMOLITION.! 1 year ago

    A fool and his money always parted. You know the land does not belong to you and you put up a structure worth $5m. Are you that stupid. Maybe he wantrd to use kuluulu to steal the labd like they always do. He should be charg ...
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  • Moses 1 year ago

    We understand

  • YOUR GOD IS ALSO A BIG PROBLEM! 1 year ago

    He should have seen this coning in his spiritual eyes and sdvised you to do the right thing in terms of documentation.

    This bloke God who has misdirected you, yet you going back to him to take things to him. Are you sure h ...
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  • Atta Panyin 1 year ago

    Stop the nonsense. Your tenancy has ended. You are currently on a 24hr construction site where due to safety protocols no public event can be held for the next few years. What we're you waiting for? Don't you know that there ...
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  • Atta Panyin 1 year ago

    Tenancy means you did not expect to be there forever. So if you were not planning for a permanent site who cares. Does it even make business sense to build a super expensive temporary dome on very cheap rented land, earmarked ...
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  • He was planning to steal! 1 year ago

    He was planning to steal the land by hook or crook. This is how the numerous land cases across the country started.

  • NO CASE! 1 year ago

    My friend you have no case. Just lick your wounds and next time make wise investments on land you legally own.

  • Massa take your done somewhere else ! 1 year ago

    Leslie you had a contract, it has expired, but you STILL want to stay there! I mean how? If you were the trade fair ppl will you do that?

    They gave the place to you for a number of years in the contract. Though they wanted ...
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  • Nii bi Nii 1 year ago

    The Akan political criminal leaders have not yet paid for the acquisation of trade fair land since 1962 but yet they have land title,how can they have a new 99 years list for a land which they never paid for?which criminal la ...
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  • Tve Original Owners of Your Land Were Akwamus! 1 year ago

    Did you come with any land during your Homowo journeys from Ile-Ife.

  • Okyeman. 1 year ago

    Kwashiaa buulu, didn't you know the Akwamus too, where they are presently, it originally belonged to the Ewes? When they Akwamus were pushed from Akans areas to settle between krobo and Ewes. Don't you know in Ghana, every tr ...
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  • Showdown 1 year ago

    Correct question. Concentrate on modernising the lands you have not told by building rental units, or you are fighting over the lands just to resell to the Akans you hate but whose money you fight yourselves with landguards

  • Legal 1 year ago

    In Ghana it's easy to demolish than to build. National cathedral came with many demolishes but tell me what is happening there. World most expensive hole as we speak. The mantra is: if it's not us it must not be them. You e ...
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  • Mary Mavis GYAMFIWAA 1 year ago

    But how on earth could the state give portion of the the land to a private individual and they watched on while he put up a permanent structure? Whose idea is it that a state property should be rented for a permanent investme ...
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  • Did he not read the agreement! 1 year ago

    The day he signed the agreement is the day he should have starting looking for an alternative arrangement at the end of 2023. That is none of the responsibility nor business of Trade Fair Site!

  • Joe Inkala 1 year ago

    Why r we Ghanaians like breaking the laws of the country. It is wrong in the first place to build on Trade Fair Site. This place is government land. Why would u take the owner of the land to court. Who gv u the land. This is ...
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  • Yaw 1 year ago

    Are court injunctions perpetual? Why would a tenancy agreement ending in December 2023 escalate to this height. Our arm chair journalists will not dig into this to do proper research. They will post any crap and appear in the ...
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  • OZYMANDIAS 1 year ago

    Indiscipline is the bane of most Ghanaians. The contract for the Fantasy Dome’s operations expired last year, but the proprietor was holding on to continue his business without caring a hoot for the owners of the Trade Fair ...
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  • ananseba 1 year ago

    Mr Quaynor is wrong when he states that 'Ghana is not alawless country. Ghana is definately a LAWLESS country. Look at how long it takes for cases to go through our courts. Cecilia Dapaah stole millins but she ia walking free ...
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  • Boss 1 year ago

    Have no qualms about this demolition. Only issue is that the space will be left un or half developed which would make no sense as it would have been better to have a functioning structure and continue to charge rent. Same as ...
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  • Yiadom 1 year ago

    When you try to take someone's property by dubious means you end up losing your money,

  • Adams 1 year ago

    The woman just takes the law into her own hands. She deliberately avoid court BAILIFF service and do what she wants at night..She did it to the other tenants including Mr Archer, Mr Yemoh and others. She should continue to c ...
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  • Kee 1 year ago

    I plead with those coming from abroad to invest in Ghana to follow due process. Any company or individual who leases a property for a period will start packing before the end date. They’ll never wait to resort to court case ...
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  • Showdown 1 year ago

    This objectively and ask relevant questions to enlighten the public. Trade Fair Grounds is undergoing 100% redevelopment. Its now a massive construction site. When was the last time an event was hosted at the FD? When was the ...
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