Ranking Member on Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee, Kwame Agbodza, has vowed to prevent the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) from overseeing the demolition of the Old Parliament House, describing their action as unwarranted.
The structure which housed the Citizens Vetting Committee (CVC), the Judgment Debt Commission, CHRAJ and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) was abandoned after it was razed by fire in 2013.
CHRAJ over the weekend contracted Cymain Ghana Limited to pull down the building.
But according to Mr Agbodza, CHRAJ’s failure to secure a permit from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) raises doubts about their capability to administer justice in the country and he is ready to challenge the demolition move.
Speaking to Class News, the law maker said: “The Old Parliament House is where parliament started from. Indeed it was in a bit of repair, it was given to CHRAJ sometime ago as offices. So if CHRAJ, which is supposed to guide us in administrative justice in terms of government did not even get permit from AMA who are the people who are supposed to give permit as I’m told and they went ahead with the demolition, I think they have already committed injustice.”
He quizzed: “What kind of justice can they deliver if they cannot protect even the heritage of this country?” adding that the site must, “Necessarily be protected.”
Source: classfmonline
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IN ANY SERIOUS COUNTRY THAT BUILDING WILL BE RENOVATED AND USED AS TOURIST CENTER AND HISTORICAL PURPOSES, BUT AS USAUAL THE BLACKMAN DECIDES TO JUST DESTROY,YET WE WILL TRAVEL AND GO AND WATCH THE EFFEIL TOWER,BUCKINGHAM PALACE ,LONDON BRIDGE ETC.GOD HAVE MERCY ON US
Thank you my brother. They should go and stay there with their families.
Mr. Ranking Member you got it all wrong. The AMA is empowered by the law to demolish any building that is found to be a danger to the public. This building has been in this state for 4 years now what action has the AMA taken? The building has a place in our history but should it continue to stand and pose a danger to other people because of historic significance? Let us stop the wait and see attitude in Ghana. The AMA itself is sitting on a time bomb. The Accra Community Center which is serving as is offices is now a dilapidated piece. They must act now. I have not forgotten the Akoto Lante School incident where innocent school children lost their lives because the AMA did not seal an water well in the compound of an EXISTING school. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.