Adjena Chiefs Issues 3 Weeks Ultimatum to VRA for Compensation

The chiefs and landowners of Adjena (Akosombo), have given a three-week ultimatum to the Volta River Authority (VRA) to pay them Dam and other lands compensations or face their wrath.

The chiefs (landowners) have also accused the VRA of false claim of ownership of Mpakadan In-Land Port Lands and unfulfilled promises.

The chiefs further accused the power generators of depriving the people of Adjena (Akosombo) their basic infrastructure such as good drainage systems, roads, schools, among others.

These accusations allegations were levelled on the VRA at a press conference held at Adjena on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Briefing the media, the chief of Adjena and overlord of Tafo kingdom, Nana Twum Barima III disclosed that the VRA has neglected the people for too long, and they are no longer going to allow such humiliations to continue.

“Adjena lands were illegally acquired for the construction of the Akosombo dam, and that no compensation has since been paid to the owners of the land”, the chief stated.

According to Nana Twum Barima III, the owners of the land are ready to legally fight the VRA if they refuse to comply with an amicable settlement, he stressed.

The chief continued, by mentioning other properties on their lands, such as the VRA Club House, the New Adjena township, the Tank Farm and that of the lands acquired for the construction of the directors quarters as those they deemed for compensations, or face their wrath in the next three weeks, he added.

Finally, the chief accused the VRA of depriving the people of Adjena (Akosombo) their livelihood, saying, the people have been subjected to economic, social and moral hardship, and concluded, that "the people of Adjena are no longer going to accept the kind of Injustices and disrespect meted out to them by the VRA”.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent