The Kumasi Traditional Council has ordered city authorities to demolish a storey building and other structures which impede work on the Kejetia Redevelopment Project.
Members are expected to visit the project site a day after they issued the order at a meeting of stakeholders in Kumasi.
The building is a subject of litigation between Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and a private developer who has defied repeated warning to stop work.
The Brazilian construction firm executing the project has served notice it will pack out if the issue continues to drag.
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The litigated structure sited just a few meters away from one of the entrances of the on-going Kejetia Market has blocked access roads and drainage systems.
The traditional council, comprising of over 70 sub and divisional chiefs says no compensation should be paid to the private developer, All State Construction.
Bantamehene, Baffuor Owusu Amankwatia the sixth, presided over Monday’s meeting attended by the feuding parties.
“You go to Bantama; Bantama is chocked because Bantama is the immediate location after Kejetia where people can do their trading activities” he said.
They [the contractors] were even supposed to complete the project eight years ago, “he explained.
Phase One of the 260 dollar million project for construction of over 10,000 stores, as well as building of Kejetia Terminal had been scheduled to be completed in January this year.
There are fears the deadline may be missed due to a dispute over a parcel of land earmarked for the construction of utility installations.
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Owner of All State Construction, Karikari Asante has been locked in a legal tussle over demolition of some of his other structures at the site.
Brazilian firm, Contracta, warns the unauthorized building can open the new market up to perennial flooding.
Baffuor Owusu Amankwaa in an earlier interview said the Asantehene is unhappy about delay in construction work.
“He is very, very worried. He is very, very worried. I can tell you that”.
PHOTOS: Kumasi Traditional Council orders demolition of litigated buildings at Kejetia Market project site
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