On 7th August, 2018 Plaintiff herein instituted action against the Defendant claiming the following reliefs:
i. The sum of GHC 35,288.93 being the balance of compensation payable to them by the defendants, of its palm trees, the defendants felled about August, 2012 but which sum the defendants have neglected to pay to the plaintiffs.
ii. Interest at the prevailing bank lending rate from August 2012 to the date of final judgment.
The incontrovertible facts leading to the writ are that in the year 2014, the Government of Ghana compulsorily acquired lands in the Western Region for the use and benefit of Defendant under the State Lands (Western Region Site for AtuaboAboadze Gas Pipeline) Instrument, E.I. 47 of 2014.
Defendant felled some trees belonging to the Plaintiff to enable the Defendant construct a gas pipeline from Atuabo to Aboadze. Pursuant to the provisions of the State Lands Act 1962, Act 125 and the E.I. 47 of 2014, the Lands Valuation Division (LVD) of the Lands Commission, a st…