He said the construction of the 6-storey building has resulted in the destruction of his security lights and forced the abandonment of his private car park due to fallen debris from the structure.

The suit sighted by citifmonline.com was filed at the Human rights division of the Accra High Court on Tuesday, 28th February 2017.

It has the Chief of Defence Staff, the Minister for Defence, the Attorney General, and Yao Addo Developments Limited as defendants.

According to the suit, the structure, which looks like a commercial property with towers and wings overlooking Togbe Afede’s private property in Accra, started around September 2016.

The suit said Togbe Afede, who is also the President of the National House of Chiefs, feared that if the structure is allowed to be completed in its current form without any modification, his rights to privacy of his home will be compromised.

“… I am again advised by Counsel and I verily believe same to be true that privacy is a foundation bedrock of right on which other human rights are built, and that if the Respondents are not restrained, the Applicant’s [Togbe Afede’s] rights would be greatly violated.”

“.. I am further advised by Counsel and I verily believe same to be true that the wing that overlooks Applicant’s home also violates Article 12 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948, which provides that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”

He said the “unlawful and arbitrary interference” with his privacy has caused him considerable damage which includes the loss of human dignity and sense of security, a threat to his life, emotional and psychological trauma, destruction of security lights and abandonment of his private car park due to fallen debris from the structure.

He is praying the court to declare the structure as a violation of his right to privacy, and also the removal of its wing overlooking his home or alternatively, a screen on part of the structure to guarantee his privacy.

He is also praying the court for an injunction to halt any further construction on the wings of the structure.

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The items, all estimated at GHC30,000 were to show love to the less privileged during the Christmas and New Year festivities.

Mama Attrato II, Queenmother of Ho-Dome, who made the presentation on behalf of Togbe Afede, said the gesture was to make the inmates feel the joy associated with the season.

“Togbe Afede says he cannot forget you during this festive period. He says you are always on his mind and that this is a small Christmas gift for you, you are part of us, feel the joy that comes with the occasion,” she said.

Mama Attrato said Togbe Afede was not happy about how relatives of cured lepers abandoned them and hardly visited them saying this attitude must change in 2017.

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Source: GNA

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The beneficiaries, made up of 30 university students, 20 polytechnic students, 15 Colleges of Education students, 25 Senior High School students and 10 Nurses Training College students, received a total amount of GHC65,400.00.

Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, urged the students to make good use of the opportunity and justify the investments made in their education.

He asked them to do away with bad practices that could distract their studies.

Mr Paul Tsekuma, the Administrator of the Fund, said the Board was tracking academic performance of all beneficiaries to ensure that they excelled in their academics.

Madam Theresa Foli, a parent of one of the beneficiaries, expressed gratitude to the Asogli Education Fund for the support and pledged that parents will ensure that the investment was not in vain.

Meanwhile, a press release signed by Mr Stephen Tetteh, the Secretary of the Asogli State Council, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, (GNA) said so far, 1,230 beneficiaries of the Fund had completed their courses, with some pursuing further studies outside the country.

The release said Togbe Afede had also established Education Endowment Funds in the Mawuli, OLA, Mawuko Girls and the Kpedze Senior High Schools, to help raise academic performance.

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Source: GNA

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The Asogli Fertilizer Blending Plant is to help revive farming in the Volta Region and provide timely and affordable fertilizer to farmers in Volta, Eastern, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions.

Mr Isaac Kwadwo Asare, Country Manager, AFAP, while briefing journalists in Ho, said the Plant blends different types of fertilizer for specific soil and crop types for greater yield.

He said his outfit had done data assessment and was ready to have the first blending plant close to the farming communities.

Mr Asare said the project includes regular and vigorous education on fertilizer use and the creation of market for farm produce of clients of the Asogli Fertilizer Company Limited.

He said the project, scheduled to start next year, would provide more than 2,000 direct and indirect employment in the Volta Region.

Mr Theophilus Zotorglo, in charge of Fertilizer Registration, Plant Protection and Regulatory Services, Department of Agriculture in the Volta Region, said currently farmers in the region use generic fertilizer, which increases soil acidity and affects yields and welcomed the project.

Mr Francis Seglah, in charge of the Government Fertilizer Subsidy Programme, Department of Agriculture, said fertilizer usage in the Region is very low and that averagely, usage was around 30 kilogrammes per hectare and blamed the situation on cost of fertilizer.

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Source: GNA

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