The Libi Wornor of the Ada Traditional Area in the Greater Accra Region, Numor Amate Apedo Ayornu and stool father, Numor Tetteh Abledu Ayornu of the Tekpebiawe clan and elders have appealed to the central government to cancel the three mining leases it recently granted Electrochem Ghana Limited.

The salt company is a private mining company to take over the Songor lagoon for 15 years and rather implement the Master Plan which was formulated to cater for the interests of all.

According to him, an area of about 39,126.66 acres of land which comprises the entire Songor lagoon and other communities in the Ada West and East has been leased to the company for salt farming and other activities which will affect several communities such as Lufenya Number 1, Kablevu, Kpotise-kope, Wasakuse, Kwalakpoyom and many others.

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Addressing a press conference media at Ada, the Libi Wornor, also known as the salt priest said three lease agreements between the Government and the said company mandated them to engage in salt farming and related activities for 15 years in the songor lagoon without following the due process of consulting the custodians of the lagoon and surrounding communities.

He, therefore, appealed to the government to relook at the three leases of Electrochem Gh. Ltd. and prevent them from engaging in any form of salt wining and related activities as all effort to reach the company and the minerals Commission has been fruitless and again considering the untold hardship the people are going to face.

He, therefore, appealed to the government to implement the Master Plan without delay.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Chief Correspondent