Ghana: Pongyentanga chiefs deny imposing conditions on market demolition victims

Traditional leaders at Pongyentanga in the Upper West Region have denied imposing development conditions on residents whose properties were demolished for the expansion of a 24-hour economy market.

The chiefs said they were surprised by allegations made by the Pongyentanga Displaced Residents Association (PDRA) at a recent press conference, including claims that beneficiaries had been given a two-year deadline to develop their newly allocated plots or risk forfeiting them.

Speaking separately…