bulldozed portions <\/a><\/strong><\/span>of the entrance to the facility.<\/p>\nAccording to a Board Member, the Saturday night incident is one of many intimidation tactics by the Port\u2019s authorities to have the historic facility evacuated as part of its expansion project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe staff was not able to leave because a bulldozer together with two GPHA pickups and two private vehicles had come, threatened staff members, taken their phones, locked our security and effectively bulldozed the front of Ave Maria Resort. In late 2015, they blockaded the property with armed guards,\u201d she narrated.<\/p>\n
She added that: “we haven\u2019t found the police to be very effective. This is just based on the experience we had with them in 2015 as well. GPHA has quite a bit of clout\u00a0in Tema so people are reluctant to go against them a lot of the time. So we haven\u2019t reported the matter to the Police.”<\/p>\n
The Ave Maria Resort is said to have been recommended to be preserved by the Center of the World Committee, as it is viewed as great value for Ghana\u2019s tourism sector.<\/p>\n
The Resort has a long heritage\u00a0for\u00a0hosting the likes of Ghana\u2019s First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as a regular patron, and Queen Elizabeth anytime she visited Ghana.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, efforts to reach the Tema Police and authorities of GPHA have proven futile.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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