The Odododiodio MP expressed his displeasure at some misconducts of the Railway officials.
He recounted that the Railway sector has since 2001 faced several challenges and it is about time the authorities take punitive actions against the offenders of the rules and regulations of the Railway Corporation.
He blamed the officials for the inappropriate establishment of structures along railway lines in the country.
Nii Lantey made the appeal to the Ministry of Transport during an interview with Radio Gold regarding the squabble between the Ministry and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly over which entity gets the highest bidding to utilize the burnt marketplace at Katamanto.
According to him, the Railway Corporation has not entered into any agreement with the traditional owners of the land and so, cannot lay claims to it.
To him, government is the sole owner of the land and therefore, the authorities in the Railway sector have no power or permit to lease the land for construction purposes.
“Railways by itself did not enter into any agreement with any stool about a land. It was government who entered into an agreement and give that land to the railway. So, I think it is government and as a government agency, they don’t have the power to lease out or sell any government property without authorization and without permission.”
He charged the Ministry of Transport to prosecute persons who leased out railway lines to individuals to raise illegal structures because “they have no right to sell off those lands.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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