[ 2015-03-30 ]

Ghana Gas Starts Payment of Compensation Today
The Ghana Gas Company (Ghana Gas) will, from
today, begin the payment of compensation to
affected crop farmers in 23 communities along the
Esiama-Prestea Lateral line in the Western
Region.

About GH¢7.8 million will be paid as part of the
compensation package for crops belonging to about
800 project-affected farmers.

The beneficiary communities are Prestea, Banaho,
Gwira Bibini Nsuaem, Kutokrom, Mbease Nsuta,
Anyinam, Bondae and Ahomkakrom.

The others are Abrodiem, Wiawso, Esamzam, Ma Nyame
Hunu, Bokazo, Krobo Junction, Eshiem, Tumentu,
Dwira and Semtum.

The rest are Assuawaah, Angedware, Atabobo, Aluka,
Teleku Bokazo and Esiama.

A statement signed and issued by the company's
Corporate Affairs Manager, Mr Alfred Ogbamey, in
Accra, urged claimants to present the appropriate
documents to the various designated points for
payments to be effected.

According to the statement, claimants were to
present the original Form F issued to them by the
Lands Valuation Division (LVD) during the
enumeration of the crops.

"Payment will only be effected upon receipt of the
Form F, which will be used as evidence of the
entitlement of the claimant to the compensation,"
it stressed.

It asserted that all claimants around the Esiama
end would have their compensation claims handled
at the Essiama Palace, whereas those around the
Prestea end of the line would have their claims
handled at the Anyinam Community Centre.

The statement reiterated that whereas compensation
for lands compulsorily acquired for the Western
Corridor Gas Infrastructure Development Project
was also ready, officials were awaiting directives
from the Lands Commission with respect to the
validated beneficiaries of land compensation.

"We, therefore, urge claimants to the lands in
question to make claims to the Lands Commission
within six months of the publication of the
compulsory notice issued in August 2014 in the
national dailies to expedite the process of
payments.

"Upon validation of uncontested claims by the
Lands Commission, Ghana Gas will be obliged to pay
the compensation to the claimants," it pointed
out.

It, therefore, called on the affected claimants to
exercise patience while they went through the
validation process of the Lands Commission

"Claimants who may have difficulty in preparing
their claims have to contact the offices of Ghana
Gas for assistance," the statement emphasized.

Source - Daily Graphic

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