A Cape Coast Circuit court has struck out an application for contempt filed against the Central Regional Minister, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah and three others, in respect of the demolishing of the old Kotokuraba Market.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”NYP8mRmX8VC9B5Bddo7504kYbNynXcoa”]The three are the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mrs. Priscilla Arhin Korankye, the Co-ordinating Director, Gilbert Nuri-Teg and the contractor on site.<\/p>\n
The eight aggrieved traders of the market on December 18 last year filed a motion of contempt and non-compliance and extension of time in the demolishing of the old Kotokuraba market.<\/p>\n
According to them, the Assembly had not complied with some conditions it was to fulfil before the demolition exercise as ordered by the court presided over by Justice Kwasi Dapaah in its ruling on the case on Friday November 28.<\/p>\n
The conditions were that the Assembly could demolish the market after midnight of Friday, December 19, only if it gave written alternative note, assuring the applicants and members of the Concerned Traders Association, space in the ultra-modern structure, when completed.<\/p>\n
The Assembly was also to hand over to each of the eight applicants, keys to their cubicles in the temporary structure, in not less than seven days before the demolition exercise.<\/p>\n
But the eight aggrieved traders claimed they were not given keys to any of the cubicles before the demolishing was carried out as directed by the court on November 8 of last year.<\/p>\n
In their statement of response, the second respondent, the Metropolitan Chief Executive and the others mentioned that they had fulfilled all the conditions given by the court before carrying out the demolishing exercise.<\/p>\n
They claimed they had given keys to all the eight applicants, except that three of them had refused to accept the allocation letters.<\/p>\n
Giving the judgment, the Judge indicated that the action of the applicants to file a motion of contempt and non-compliance on the eve of the execution of the demolishing exercise was ineffective, and that the applicants could have dealt directly with the respondents without going to court, looking at the time frame.<\/p>\n
Harry Hayford, Counsel for the second respondent, prayed the court to award a cost of GHC 2,000 each to the applicants for wasting the court’s time, but the presiding Judge, Justice Dapaah, instead awarded GHC 500 against each of them.<\/p>\n
It will be recalled that on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, eight aggrieved Kotokuraba traders filed a motion of stay of execution against the demolishing of the market scheduled for Wednesday October 1, 2014.<\/p>\n
In their statement of claim, the traders alleged among others, that cubicles in the temporary market were too small, made with inferior materials, too warm, not human-friendly and inconvenient for business.<\/p>\n
In the course of proceedings, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, the Omanhen of Oguaa Traditional Area prayed the court for a possible out of court settlement which was granted,\u00a0 but was however unable to settle the case amicably at his palace.<\/p>\n
The matter was subsequently brought to court for full trial, at the end of which the court gave an order for the demolishing of the market based on the afore-mentioned conditions.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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