Estates Developer Denies Using Gomoa Dominase Leased Land *For Sand Winning Activities
Speaking in an interview with Soireenews, Mr Arko-Korsah admitted planting maize and other food products, adding that "l am not winning sand on the land, but l planted mango trees and plantains on the boundary of the land.
Joana Somiah 
The Managing Director (MD) for the Medium Dwellings Company Limited (MDCL), a real estates development company, Mr Josiah Arko-Korsah, has rubbished the wide circulated rumour by some people of Gomoa Dominase that he was using a portion of 115 acres of land legally bought through leasehold sand winning activities.
According to Mr Arko-Korsah, there is no iota of truth in the allegations made by the people of Gomoa Dominase and called on Ghanaians, particularly, the citizens of Gomoa lands to treat the statement as the contempt it deserves.
He disclosed that some recalcitrant residents from the Gomoa Dominase community were unlawfully winning the sand on the land for which he reported their illegal activities to the Gomoa Dominase Divisional Police which eventually led to their arrest.
He stated that they were making such unsubstantial allegations to cover up the unlawful move they had made on the direct order of some chiefs from Akyempim Traditional Council led by their Paramount Chief, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobia II to unlawfully release 100 portions of 115 acres of land he legally secured from the landowners.
Mr Arko-Korsah was reacting to the recent claim by the elders of the Gomoa Dominase community that he (Mr Arku-Korsah) has breached conditions and terms of the contractual agreement between elders of the Anona Yoko family of Gomoa Dominase, the original owners of the said land he bought for a fixed term of ninety-nine (99) years to develop an ultra-modern One-District One-Affordable Housing project.
The members of Gomoa Dominase accused Mr Arko-Korsah of breaching the agreement for using the land he bought from them to be used for the purpose of the housing project for sand winning and other farming activities which were not stated in the contractual agreement.
They also accused Mr Arko-Korsah of not paying royalties to the owners of the land, the development which, according to the landowners has informed their current decision to release 100 portions of the land to some Agbogbloshie onion sellers to ply their trade on.
They further blamed the estate's developers for delaying the execution of the project on the land but in a quick rebuttal, Mr Arku-Korsah noted that he should not be blamed for the delay of the project on the land.
He maintained that his acquisition of statutory permits and licences from the state housing regulatory institutions that would give him the legal backing to start the project had delayed since the land was under dispute, which characterized his delayed to carry out the project on the land.
Speaking in an interview with this reporter, Mr Arko-Korsah admitted planting maize and other food products, adding that "l am not winning sand on the land, but l planted mango trees and plantains on the boundary of the land.
"Because the current land for which some Agbogbloshie onion sellers were plying their trade on was on July 21, 2005, legally leased to him in partnership with the Anona Yoko family of Gomoa Dominase for a fixed term of ninety-nine (99) years to develop an ultra-modern One-District One- Affordable Housing project," he reaffirmed.
The estate's developer who is a staunch member of the Ghana Estate Developers Association stressed that plans were under ways to immediately evict the onion traders on his land to pave for the starting of the project.
He assured that he is in the process to acquire all the necessary legal statutory permits and licences from the state Housing regulatory institution.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Correspondent
