National Cathedral brouhaha: Judges have started moving to new homes – Minister

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Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has revealed judges living at the site for the proposed National Cathedral have started moving to their new homes.

According to him, none of the judges whose homes are to be affected has objected to their relocation.

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His comment comes after some judges at the Court of Appeal appealed against the decision to knock down their official residences to clear the way for the construction of a National Cathedral.

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The judges see the move as a form of interference from the Executive in the Judiciary, an independent arm of government to set a bad precedent.

Others have also argued that building of the cathedral does not make economic and social sense for the government to approve of the planned demolishing of their residence and further relocate them.

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But speaking on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem, Hon. Owusu Bio expressed shock at the farce being generated.

He said the government who is the custodian of the land has no issues with the proposed site for the edifice per the proposal by the Rev. Asante Antwi-led Committee.

We’ve never had a complaint from any of the judges that were going to be relocated,” the Deputy Lands and Natural Resources minister stated.

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Hon. Owusu Bio said the government intends to build the national cathedral in a strategic place, something that will befit this country hence the search for a very prime area to fit the status.