Opinion: Ghana Trade Fair Company and the Fantasy Dome Demolition: Another David Adjaye Dream, Fantasy or NIGHTMARE

My maternal UNCLE EMMANUEL YEMOH, a La indigenous businessman died recently in London after losing the battle with ill-health following the demolition of his decades old Cold Store business at the Trade Fair…

My good FRIEND RAYMOND ARCHER, a young Ghanaian Journalist and entrepreneur had his multi-million dollar printing and packaging business was demolished despite a court injunction…

Now the Fantasy Dome at the Trade Fair has also been demolished by the Trade Fair Company CEO under identical circumstances under the supervision of Armed National Security operatives despite a court injunction…

President Akufo-Addo and his cousin Ken Ofori-Atta sole sourced the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project to David Adjaye and paid him upfront for no work done and without Parliamentary approval just like the National Cathedral and the Marine Drive Project…

Alan Kyeremanteng was sidelined by Ken Ofori-Atta in the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project despite his ministry having oversight for the Ghana Tradefair Company, whose CEO Dr. Agnes Adu was appointed by the Finance Minister under the direction of President Akufo Addo…

The Trade CEO set aside an existing Government of Ghana contract for the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project which was won by a wholly Ghanaian owned company REROY GROUP after a competitive tender supervised by PriceWaterHouseCoopers as Transactions Advisors for the Government of Ghana.

The CEO and the Architect David Adjaye per signed Board Minutes planned to sell 50acres of the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project Land through the COCOBOD CEO…

The CEO in connivance with some criminally-minded officials of the Lands Commission unilaterally secured title to the Trade Fair land for a meagre GHc10,000 and extended the expired lease by 99years after illegally altering the Executive Instrument used for the Trade Fair Acquisition…

Ken Ofori-Atta and Alan Kyerematen both committed perjury at their Vetting when the Appointments Committee asked them questions about the Trade Fair Company and the Redevelopment Project.

I, Prince-Derek Adjei with the support of the MP for La Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to investigate various irregularities at the Trade Fair Company regarding the Redevelopment Project, Procurement Breaches and land transactions with supporting documents including Board Minutes signed by the Chairman and Secretary as well as a letter from President Akufo-Addo’s private law firm warning of Judgement Debt resulting from their handling of the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project…

President Akufo-Addo however, went to Dubai and in the company of the Trade Fair Company CEO, Board Chairman, then Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen and Finance Minister
Ken Ofori-Atta signed a one (1) billion dollars contract with the Stellar Holding Pte Ltd of Singapore for 65acres out of 140acre of Trade Fair Redevelopment Project Land…

The foreign agreement between the Trade Fair Company and Stellar Holding Pte Ltd would have had to come to Parliament but was abandoned FOR OBVIOUS REASONS…

Instead the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government chose to service the Trade Fair Redevelopment Project Land and sell off in little parcels to private developers without due process…

In the coming days, the status of all La Stool lands acquired by the State and Bungalows allocated to third-party by the Lands Minister and the Works and Housing Minister will be made public and come under scrutiny…

Ghanaians are resolved to be Citizens and not Spectators.

La is no exception.

STAY TUNED.

By Prince-Derek Adjei