{"id":224931,"date":"2016-06-23T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224931"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:41:59","slug":"aviation-industry-is-safe-despite-encroachment-of-airport-lands-gcaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/aviation-industry-is-safe-despite-encroachment-of-airport-lands-gcaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation industry is safe despite encroachment of airport lands \u2013 GCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has allayed fears that the encroachment of airport lands will have dire consequences on the country\u2019s aviation industry.<\/p>\n
The Authority has rather blamed the takeover of parts of its lands on challenges with title deeds.<\/p>\n
According to the GCAA, the situation has also resulted in many law suits which are awaiting settlement.<\/p>\n
GCAA workers caution against plane crashes<\/strong><\/p>\n The comments come days after some workers of the GCAA warned of a possible end in Air Traffic Services<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in the Accra Flight Information region if government fails to stop the encroachment of their lands.<\/p>\n A statement issued on the development indicated that two\u00a0parcels\u00a0of land\u00a0which\u00a0were\u00a0acquired to be used as receiving and transmitting\u00a0stations\u00a0at La Nkwantanan\u00a0and La Wireless respectively; have also been forcefully taken over by government between 2007 till present.<\/p>\n