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Mohammed the jihadist 7 years ago
Ghana has the largest man made lake; in terms of area (acreage) in the world.
Russia has the largest in terms of volume.
Now if all acreage (largest in the world) of submerged land in Ghana's lake is to be paid fraudule ... read full comment
Ghana has the largest man made lake; in terms of area (acreage) in the world.
Russia has the largest in terms of volume.
Now if all acreage (largest in the world) of submerged land in Ghana's lake is to be paid fraudulently to some Ghanaian Chiefs and stools....then what do Chiefs and people's of NZEMA do to lands and offshore lands drilling for oil. What do the Nzemas claim against the rest of Ghanaians fir lands used for Ghana Gas etc?
How do we bleed our necks (Ghana) to pay our legs (Ghana)
Who in Ghana gains much from the Volta Lake.....fish...etc?
Is it the people of Central Region?
Let all those who chopped fraudulent monies here...be made to vomit it.
Let the Lands Commission be made to vomit out the SURVEY DEPARTMENT...they swallowed by diplomatic / political intrigue.
Tom jones 7 years ago
Massage I agree with you totally. Almost all judgement debts govt are gotten with the active connivance of the sitting judge or judges period. Take Woyome . It is very likely that jthr udge at the commercial court who award ... read full comment
Massage I agree with you totally. Almost all judgement debts govt are gotten with the active connivance of the sitting judge or judges period. Take Woyome . It is very likely that jthr udge at the commercial court who awarded the 51million ghs was paid off substantially. Woyome should speak up in court.
Truth 7 years ago
First off, these judges look ridiculous with those silly wigs. Those wigs were used once upon a time in Britain to keep the judges heads warm because there was no good interior heating available except a fireplace for them. M ... read full comment
First off, these judges look ridiculous with those silly wigs. Those wigs were used once upon a time in Britain to keep the judges heads warm because there was no good interior heating available except a fireplace for them. My question is 'why should Ghanaian judges be wearing these warm wigs in a temperate country with out hot weather. If this is not ignorance on display then what is it?'.
Jonny 7 years ago
It is called neocolonisation. They still rule and enslave the black man's brain. Even your president elect tries to imitate the British accent, and he wears a white shirt to try and look "white".
It is called neocolonisation. They still rule and enslave the black man's brain. Even your president elect tries to imitate the British accent, and he wears a white shirt to try and look "white".
Desmond Osei 7 years ago
Prof. thanks for the great work for bringing that to bear. As Abraham Lincoln put it "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time". Truth ... read full comment
Prof. thanks for the great work for bringing that to bear. As Abraham Lincoln put it "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time". Truth always stands. Judges must be very circumspect in coming out with their rulings. In this 21st century i don't think resolving issues of this nature can best be done by any other means than through the court system, so judges must try instill public trust in them through their rulings.
Kof Nkrabea 7 years ago
The disturbing decision by Justice Anthony Oppong ordering the GoG to resume payment of the balance of GHc 67 million flooded lands compensation suspended on the recommendation of Justice Apau's Judgment Debt Commission needs ... read full comment
The disturbing decision by Justice Anthony Oppong ordering the GoG to resume payment of the balance of GHc 67 million flooded lands compensation suspended on the recommendation of Justice Apau's Judgment Debt Commission needs further comment.
The NPP campaigned for power on the promise of dealing ruthlessly with illegal judgment debt payments and I am waiting to see what the NPP government will do about this payment. The GHc138 million which was wrongly approved out of which GHc 71 million has already been paid is more than twice the Woyome judgment debt.
The 1st Plaintiff of the writ filed against the GoG on which Justice Anthony Oppong ruled is Prof. Patrick Kwabena Ofori-Danson. He represented Asukawkaw/Akroso and by so doing shot himself in the foot for the following reasons.
The people currently residing at Asukawkaw (Asukawkaw/Akroso) in the Krachi East District whom he represented in the writ against the GoG were resettled from an Akroso town called Akroso Amanfoso (see the brief history of Akroso below for details).
Since the GoG provided the people resettled at Asukawkaw/Akroso with purchased land to replace their flooded land, they are not entitled to any additional compensation.
In fact, Prof. Ofori-Danson and his kinsman John Gyamfi (the NPP parliamentary candidate for Krachi East constituency in the 2004 elections which he lost) who represented Asukawkaw/Akroso as Claimants did not demonstrate to Justice Apau's Judgment Debt Commission that the GoG in anyway provided them land that was not equivalent to the land acreage they lost at Akroso Amanfoso.
This is a crucial point because Prof. Ofori-Danson and Mr. John Gyamfi are seeking double compensation for the people of Asukawkaw/Akroso. What is more, Prof. Ofori-Danson and Mr. John Gyamfi fraudulently claimed that these lands are family lands belonging to the Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor families contrary to Akroso Tradition as presented in the short history of Akroso below.
The Akroso Tradition clearly shows that the Asukawkaw/Akroso lands flooded by the construction of the Akosombo dam were stool lands. Consequently, the 1992 Constitutional Provisions (Article 267) required that such payments be routed through the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands to be shared as provided under the Constitution and the 1994 Act establishing the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (Act 481). This Constitutional requirement was also clearly violated even if payment of compensation was warranted, which in this case was not!
Below is an in depth history of the people of Asukawkaw/Akroso. It's a long read but I hope Akyeame will take time and read it to understand what is at stake .
Please, read on.
A brief history of Akroso
Prof. Patrick Kwabena Ofori-Danson was reported by The Ghanaian Times of 4th September, 2014 during the siting of Justice Apau's Judgment Debt Commission as stating under oath that “… the land on which claims were made...” by citizens of Asukawkaw/Akroso for compensation payment by the Government of Ghana as a result of the construction of the Akosombo dam “…belonged to the Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor families…” of Asukawkaw/Akroso.
That is an interesting interpretation of the history of Akroso at its best and very disingenuous at its worst. I want to set the records straight by going to the only officially funded historical documents available. The Akroso Tradition recorded by Kwabena Ameyaw of the Institute of African Studies, Legon-Accra in 1964 contradicts the claim of ownership of the land allegedly by the Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor families. Kwabena Ameyaw’s research on Akroso was part of a project funded in 1964 by the Government of Ghana (GoG) to record the history of the communities whose lands were to be flooded by the construction of the Akosombo dam. Here, a brief history of Akroso is explored to show the ownership of the inundated Akroso lands and the creation of the “proud paramountcy” of present day Asukawkaw/Akroso.
Who are the people of Akroso?
Kwabena Ameyaw in his research published as Akroso Tradition [see page 1 of Akroso Tradition] wrote: "The early history of Akroso is purely oral; and what is known is from tradition. The people came originally from Denkyira Mmerayem under the leadership of Nana Kofi Osram. It is related that he was the nephew of the King of Denkyira, Ntim Gyakari, and occupied the Abakoma (Aristocrat) stool. He was a member of the Agona clan".
How was Akroso established? [page 2 of the Akroso Tradition]
According to Kwabena Ameyaw, "The actual establishment [of Akroso] was near the river Obosom on the southern bank. After many years stay, they [Akroso people] moved farther northward, and with the permission of the Pramanhene Nana Kwame Bedgyemoro they finally settled on the northern bank of the river Asukawkaw near the confluence of the river Volta. The Pramans are today the people of Agyarde- (Ajade) and at the time lived at Kubease, eastern bank of the Volta...in view of the right to enjoy on the land granted them, the Chief of Akroso in the early days presented annually a sheep, 'asuanu ne suru' equivalent to £G5, and a bottle of rum, as homage to the Pramanhene". Kwabena Ameyaw continued, “The immigrants were skilled canoe carvers; they built canoes and sold to other riverains. It was in virtue of their craft, that the settlement became known as AKROSO…besides the normal work of the people of Akroso, they were made responsible for ferrying wayfarers on the river Asukawkaw, and rendered account to the Pramanhene, the land owner”.
How did Akroso get ownership of their stool lands?
According to Kwabena Ameyaw’s Akroso Tradition [pages 4-5], Bafuor Akuamoa succeeded his uncle Nana Akroso Dente who succeeded Nana Kofi Osram, the first chief of Akroso. During Bafuor Akuamoa’s rule the Ashanti army besieged Ajade-Kubease and defeated them and as a result took many captives. Bafour Akuamoa pleaded with the Ashanti general who “...though he retained some of the captives, yet demanded as ransom a large bottle 'pantu' in Twi full of gold dust which the Akrosohene, Bafour Akuamoa paid. The quantity of gold dust was equivalent to some £G1000.”
In view of the payment of the amount Bafuor Akuamoa made, he claimed the land and people of Ajade as his vassals. The queen mother of Ajade did not agree with the decision of Bafuor Akuamoa and protested against the decision as unfair since Ajade was the aboriginal elements of the area. She stated that Bafour Akuamoa had forgotten that he was a dual-heir of Akroso and Ajade because Akua Adomaa a surviving aboriginal relative of Nana Kofi Osram was his [Akuamoa’s] grandmother. Akua Adomaa’s daughter was Opii who married Odem, a royal of Praman, and their son Akuamoa is the chief Bafuor Akuamoa who wanted to take the Ajade people as vassals. Bafuor Akuamoa could therefore, have succeeded his father Odem when the stool became vacant had he not been the Akrosohene since Adjade had paternal system of inheritance while Akroso had maternal system of inheritance. As a result of the protestations of Ajade’s queen mother, a mutual agreement was reached between Akroso and Ajade and the land on which both had settled on “...has remained to this age and universally recognised, by both sides as 'tenancy in common’. From that time, Akroso ceased the yearly presents to Ajade.”
The close relationship between Akroso and Ajade prior to the above agreement was stated by Kwabena Ameyaw as follows: “After the death of Nana Kofi Osram, the surviving aboriginal relatives in addition to Nana Abena Okomiti [the first queen mother of Akroso] were, Dede Akwatia, Akua Adomaa, and Akomea Siahene. Akua Adomaa [grand mother of chief Bafuor Akoamoa] begat Yaa Na and Opii [mother of Bafuor Akuamoa]. Odem [father of Bafuor Akuamoa], a royal of Praman, married Opii and they bore Afua Asantewa, Baa Fua, Akua Maa and Akuamoa [chief Bafuor Akuamoa]. In consequence of the marriage, Akroso and Praman formed close friendship”.
Establishment of the “new town” Akroso alongside the deserted old town Akroso Amanfoso.
To understand why the claims by Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor families are disingenuous, it is important to elaborate on the link between the Akroso-Amanfoso inundated lands that are being claimed for compensation and the resettlement at Asukawkaw/Akroso. According to Kwabena Ameyaw’s Akroso Tradition [page 5], the Germans around1889 occupied Krachi and annexed the towns in the areas east of the Volta river. According to the Akroso Tradition, the German administrators’ inhuman rule caused the Akrosohene at the time Bafour Kwadwo Oduro I (who succeeded Akorosohene Bafour Akuamoa) to move “...his people across the Volta to what is now modern Akroso”, to ensure that his people were protected by the British.
Kwabena Ameyaw continued, “…when the people deserted the settlement on the bank of river Asukawkaw, the Akrosohene Nana Oduro I settled his son Odamu at the ruins”, which became known as Akroso Amanfoso. Odamu “was to control the operation of the ferry on the river Asukawkaw. Odamu died and the Chief’s slave Yaw Donkor, son of Kofi Apenten of Akaa, took over the ferry duty. Ama Akyaa, a royal of Ajade was married to Yaw Donkor and had issues.” When Yaw Donkor died his eldest son Kwabena Ofori became the ferryman. On the death of Kwabena Ofori, he was succeeded by his younger brother Kwabena Gyamfi who became the ferryman. It is important to note that Kwabena Gyamfi could not inherit the Akroso stool because his father Yaw Donkor who was a slave, was the son of Kofi Apenten from Akaa and his mother Ama Akyaa was a royal of Ajade. Since Akroso people inherited maternally at the time, Kwabena Gyamfi even if his father was not a slave could not have been installed as chief either in Akroso or Ajade where the people inherited paternally. It is for this reason that Kwabena Gyamfi had no ancestral stool as reported by Kwabena Ameyaw and analyzed below.
Akroso Tradition [see pages 6 -7] indicates that Kwabena Gyamfi was very successful and became the “Headman” of Akroso Amanfoso. When the new administrative arrangements were made in the Volta Region “...without regard to traditional history, Kwabena Gyamfi was elevated by the Government Executive Instrument from the status of Headman to that of Omanhene …despite the fact that he [Kwabena Gyamfi] had no ancestral stool”.
Akroso Tradition therefore, shows that Akroso Amanfoso (deserted town) remained part of the Volta Region whereas the Akroso [new town] was part of the Brong Ahafo for the purpose of administrative machinery.
As result of the inundation of the Akroso lands, the descendants of Nana Kofi Osram who came and settled and later became owners of Akroso lands were resettled at Ntonaboma. Nana Kwabena Gyamfi who was elevated by government edict to the position of Omanhene of Akroso Amanfoso (the ruins of old Akroso), and had no ancestral stool, was resettled with Akroso Amanfoso people at Asukawkaw/Akroso on Pai lands near Pai-Katanka.
The Akroso Tradition, as presented by Kwabena Ameyaw above, clearly shows that the Kwame Donkor family (who are claiming compensation for flooded lands, if they relate Nana Kwabena Gyamfi, Headman of Akroso Amanfoso who was later elevated by government edict to position of Omanhene), did not own the land. Yaw Donkor, the slave from Akaa, according to Akroso Tradition above, was the ferryman who took over when Akrosohene Nana Kwadwo Oduro I’s son Odamu the ferryman died. Yaw Donkor, therefore did not own any stool lands.
Furthermore, the Akroso-Amanfoso people represented only a section of the people of Akroso. A very large section of the Akroso people were resettled at Ntonaboma and the Akroso Amanfoso people who settled on Pai lands near Pai Katanka did so because they knew they were a minority and also had closer intermarriages with Pai and Krachi people. The question now is this: How much of the total Akroso flooded lands were allocated to Akroso Amanfoso whose citizens were resettled at Asukawkaw/Akroso near Pai-Katanka?
Akroso Land Tenure [Kwabena Ameyaw page 12]
The land claimed by the families of Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor are still stool lands of Akroso and should not have been claimed as lands belonging to individuals or their families even if compensation was warranted. This position is supported by Akroso land tenure presented below and clearly contradicts claims made by the families of Kwabena Bosompim and Kwame Donkor.
Akroso Tradition states:
"The land of Akroso stretches endlessly from the town to the northern bank of the river Obosom. The vegetation is savannah grassland which has been treated from the early days by the settlers as communal. Except that few elders have been entrusted with portions as caretakers [see pages 9 -11]. This happened that those elders were the first to either cultivate or camp on the area, concerned. These are mostly the individual villages. On the whole, the supply of land, for cultivation is unlimited, so there is not much point in thinking of new ways to apportion land. A man could till any size.
As stated earlier, the indigenous settlers were carvers of canoe. Today, this industry has given way to agriculture - farming. Many of the people are cocoa farmers outside. Within the radius of the stool land, the chief cultivation are yam, maize (corn) and cassava which is later dried as 'Konkonte'; all the crops are on commercial interest. The produce are transported to Akroso Amanfonso from where they are sold to customers. Cassava and plantain are subsistence crops also grown by them..."
Take as an example, in one of the largest villages called Potwia, you will find that ownership of the lands is vested in the Akroso stool. Kwabena Ameyaw writes:
"[The] village was built by Nana Kwame Hama, also known as Afum, Kyidomhene of Akroso, for the purpose of farming...The land was and still is held by the family of Nana Kwame Hama. Every member of the family selected a portion of the land and cultivated. Nonetheless, the absolute ownership is vested in the Akroso stool and is therefore held in check by the Akrosohene. There is no fragmentation of holdings by the villagers."
From the historical analysis presented, it is obvious that Akroso tradition is not an anomaly but rather steeped in the larger Akan tradition and land tenure. Therefore, any claims that are made by individuals ostensibly to collect compensation on behalf of families should be viewed with suspicion and considered illegitimate and contrary to the Akroso tradition.
Reference: Kwabena Ameyaw (1964) Akroso Tradition. IAS acc. no, AM/15. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra.
Ntim Gyakari 7 years ago
Is Justice Anthony Oppong one of the corrupt judges in the system? It is difficult to understand his judgment that supports corruption and the looting of taxpayers money!
Chief Justice please, investigate this Justice Anth ... read full comment
Is Justice Anthony Oppong one of the corrupt judges in the system? It is difficult to understand his judgment that supports corruption and the looting of taxpayers money!
Chief Justice please, investigate this Justice Anthony Oppong judge.
LOOSE WEIGHT NATURALLY
Do you want to lose weight faster?
Do you want to flush out and eliminate toxins?0572174551
Do you want to have a nice shape?
Do you want to do more physical exercise without fatigue?
Wondering how ...
read full comment
Ghana has the largest man made lake; in terms of area (acreage) in the world.
Russia has the largest in terms of volume.
Now if all acreage (largest in the world) of submerged land in Ghana's lake is to be paid fraudule ...
read full comment
Massage I agree with you totally. Almost all judgement debts govt are gotten with the active connivance of the sitting judge or judges period. Take Woyome . It is very likely that jthr udge at the commercial court who award ...
read full comment
First off, these judges look ridiculous with those silly wigs. Those wigs were used once upon a time in Britain to keep the judges heads warm because there was no good interior heating available except a fireplace for them. M ...
read full comment
It is called neocolonisation. They still rule and enslave the black man's brain. Even your president elect tries to imitate the British accent, and he wears a white shirt to try and look "white".
Prof. thanks for the great work for bringing that to bear. As Abraham Lincoln put it "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time". Truth ...
read full comment
The disturbing decision by Justice Anthony Oppong ordering the GoG to resume payment of the balance of GHc 67 million flooded lands compensation suspended on the recommendation of Justice Apau's Judgment Debt Commission needs ...
read full comment
Is Justice Anthony Oppong one of the corrupt judges in the system? It is difficult to understand his judgment that supports corruption and the looting of taxpayers money!
Chief Justice please, investigate this Justice Anth ...
read full comment