The Dzaasetse of Nii Boiman in the Okaikoi North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ayi Mensah I, has cut sod for the construction of an ultra-modem community centre for the people of Nii Boiman and his environs.
The short but colorful and memorable ceremony was graced with the presence of traditional leaders of the area, allodia owners of the land, representatives from the Property Owners, members of the Okaikoi North Municipal Assembly, Assembly Members of the Okaikoi North Municipal Assembly, Landlords and Landladies Associations within the Erstwhile Sports Complex Lands, Settlers, Security Forces, among other stakeholders and community opinion Leaders.
Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the community centre, which was held at the project site, the Dzaasetse of Nii Boiman, Nii Ayi Mensah I, noted that, owing to the lack of a community centre for the Nii Boiman community, the people are compelled to make do with an open space on streets for several community activities.
However, he was of the view that the current situation was very inconvenient when it rains, thereby necessitating the decision to construct an ultramodern community centre befitting the status of the Nii Boiman community.
Nii Ayi Mensah I, who doubles as the Public Relations Officer for the Nii Boiman Regularization Association used the occasion to remind occupants and property owners within the erstwhile National Sports Complex enclave of the need to renew their documents with the appropriate authorities to be assured of genuine indenture.
He also reminded them of the agreement between the Lands Commission, the Asere Stool, and property owners within the National Sports Complex enclave to pay their annual ground rent at the tires and in the manner aforesaid without any deduction whatsoever whether formally demanded or not.
Nii Ayi Mensah I, seized the opportunity to make a passionate appeal to property owners to join an Association close to their area of residence and also go through the process of documentation and further receipt of a genuine indenture signed and endorsed by the allodia owners of the land.
The Personal Assistant to the Municipal Chief Executive Officer of the Okaikoi North Municipal Assembly, Rexford Frempong who spoke on his behalf at the ceremony emphasized the need as people to come together to develop space for public use. This according to him without coming together as a people to develop space for public use, the community will be lacking basic amenities.
Mr. Frempong noted that there are many communities in the Municipality struggling to hold an event due to the unavailability of open space in the community and they resort to organise events on the streets adding that the streets are choked and blocked for organizing events because of lack of an event center in the communities.
He pointed out that the streets in the Municipality are now laden with heavy traffic because of an event being organised on the streets and emphasized the need to guard and guide the space left to be developed to serve the people in the community.
Mr. Frempong expressed the Assembly’s proudness of the initiative by the Nii Boiman Sports Complex Regularization Association and community members for the sod-cutting for a community centre and was hopeful the sod-cutting ceremony of the community centre will become a reality and the entire community will benefit from it.
He expressed gratitude to the Chiefs and people of Nii Boiman especially Dzaasetse, Nii Ayi Mensah I, for his keen interest and continued assistance at every stage of the proposed project.
A former Chairman of the Nii Boiman Sports Complex Regularization Association and a founding father of the Association, Reverend Peter Addision giving background history of the land, said it was acquired with the help of the late Kojo-Dai, whose brother, unfortunately, fell in the pit hole and died.
“We called on the Abeka Mantse, Nii Akpajefo I, and he came with his Wulomei to perform rituals before the dead body was removed. This caused the community to ask that the land be used for the community which would benefit the entire Nii Boiman community and its environs.
The Community then contributed to the payment of the land, we also bought drinks and sheep and we were led to Nii Dzaasetse, Nii Dodoo who also led us to the Abeka Mantse Palace for the acquisition of the land for the community”. He added.
He played a glowing tribute to the founding fathers and former executives of the Association for their tireless effort for the regularization of the Sports Complex Land and he described Nii Ayi Mensah I, who is the Public Relations Officer of the Association as the go-getter of the Association.
Reverend Addision stated that Nii Ayi Mensah I, who is a native of the Asere Stool of the Ga State, which has caused the Lands Commission to partner and sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the Asere Stool and the Lands Commission has led to the issuance of the leaseholds for the settlers saying due to that they are no longer squatters.
By: Ghanaianvoiceonline.com
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