ADA DEMO: Cancelled Three Illegal Leases And Implementation Master Plan- Chiefs & People Of Ada

Chiefs and people of Ada reiterate the call on the government to cancel three other leases of the Song or concession unlawfully accessed by Electrochem. 

This was contained in a petition written to the Ada Paramountcy after a demonstration in protest of the Song or-Electrochem agreement. 

Hundreds of inhabitants from Big-Ada, Ada-Foah, Bornikorpe, Toflokpo, Salom, particularly villages around the Song or Lagoon today walked some principal streets of Big-Ada wielding placards with various inscriptions amidst protest against the Electrochem-Song or deal. 

However, the leadership of the demonstrators led by the Libi Wornor, Chief Priest and custodian of the Song or Lagoon was prevented access to the Palace to present the petition to the Ada Paramount Chief, creating some misunderstanding for a while. 

The aggrieved demonstrators say apart from Electrochem unlawfully taking over the Sangor Lagoon which contravenes the master plan of the resource, the company is constantly using both military and police to brutalize residents including chiefs leaving many maimed as others have even lost their lives.  

Agbenyefia Sebbie, one of the victims of such molestation who has been battling gunshot wounds from the last attack by the police just passed away five days ago. 

The people are therefore calling on the government to cancel the three leases Electrochem had acquired illegally as stipulated by the agreement and implement the master plan, calling on the police and military to stop molesting the people of Ada for protecting their inheritance. This they say is the surest way to ensure peace. 

Chief of Salom, Nene Dadebom Anim II, has been speaking to the media on behalf of the Song or Chief Priest, Libi Wornor.  

The Tekpebhawe Divisional Queen, Naana Korlekie Korle do not understand how Electrochem in connivance with the Ada Traditional Council ended up acquiring about 41 thousand acres of the Song or Lagoon as against the 12 thousand acres contained in the original document, depriving over ten's thousand people of their major means of livelihood. 

Story By Kwaku Donkoh.