The Osu Traditional Council has vowed to reclaim encroached lands in North and West Legon, as well as parts of Westlands, demanding that developers provide documentation proving their acquisition and payment for the lands or cease construction immediately.
Members of the council, visibly displeased, claim that private developers are encroaching on lands belonging to the Osu Stool. These lands, they explained, were originally allocated to the government for the expansion of the University of Ghana.
In addition, the council urged the authorities of the University of Ghana to halt the leasing and sale of lands in the area, insisting that such transactions are unlawful.
“What is happening here is very unfortunate and unlawful, and this should not happen,” said Nii Nortey Adumuah, the leader of the group and Osiahene of the Osu Stool. “The reason is that Legon is an institution established by the government, and the government acquired this land some years back from Osu.”
He further stated, “Osu shares a boundary with La, and so when you look at the frontage of the University of Ghana, it is part of the acquisition, and La was given 2/3 of the compensation, while Osu was to be given 1/3. Osu refused and went to court, and so we decided not to take the compensation. If today the lands that were acquired to expand the University of Ghana are no longer needed for that purpose, why are the lands being released to private organisations to be developed?”