Individuals,
whose lands were taken for the construction of permanent campus for University
of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Sokode-Lokoe near Ho in the Volta
region, are up in arms against government for long delay in the payment of
their compensations.
Government
through an Executive Instrument (EI) compulsorily acquired the lands for the
first public university in the region, which was established an Act of
Parliament in 2011.
Though the
construction of permanent structures on the land, which begun in 2013 have been
completed this year, the land owners are yet to be compensated.
To this end,
the individuals who have come together under the UHAS land owners association
have resolved to demonstrate at the permanent campus on Wednesday, November 18,
same day President Mahama is expected to commission the campus.
“We are
compelled to demonstrate on Wednesday, November 18 at the university premises
to make government and the general public aware of the unfair and illegal
treatment of UHAS land owners, with regards to the compensation which we are
constitutionally owed,” the group said in a press release on Monday.