WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

By Duke Nii Amartey Tagoe Goat Sellers of the “Feo Eyeo Sheep and Goat Sellers Society” at Odawna in Accra, are embittered over attempts by a private transport company to grab a piece of land on which they trade. The plot of land was allocated to the goat sellers by the office of the Area Civil Engineer of the Ghana Railway Corporation some twenty-two years ago. In a letter dated 4 th July 1994 referenced ACA/E11G/V/187 addressed to the chairperson of the goat sellers society, the Area Civil Engineer asked the goat sellers to arrange to have a structural plan approved by the Area Civil Engineer of the Ghana Railway Corporation. Subsequently, Feo Eyeo Goat Sellers society was granted a year’s tenancy over the plot of land situated opposite Las Palmas Restaurant at the Neoplan Station considered on license and subject to renewal every year. On Friday 8 th January 2015, a combined team of some police and military personnel raided the market and brutalized the ...

INTRODUCTION: Atsiakpo, a major threat to the lagoon A handful of people are wrecking unimaginable havoc on the Ada Songor Lagoon with associated devastating environmental consequences. The Lagoon produces a greater part of salt consumed in Ghana and in many Western African states including Togo. Small scale salt winners have long been engaged in a struggle to conserve and protect the lagoon as a collective ownership. A monument for Margaret On 17th May 1985 armed policemen acting in concert with a private company raided Bonikope, a community along the Songor Lagoon killing Margaret Kowornu, a pregnant woman in the process. Vacuum Salt Products Limited had alleged at the time that the inhabitants of the area had encroached on their portion of the lagoon allocated to them by the government. A monument has been erected in memory of Margaret. The locals explain that that monument serves as an embodiment of their collective aspirations and imbibes in them a zeal to f...