Divisional Chief of Wassa Sompre in Wassa Amenfi Traditional Area, Nana Sasraku Gyimah II, has said that the area welcomes the expansion project by Genser Energy Ghana Limited (‘GEGL’).
According to him, the current activities of Genser Energy are signs of development for the area and as such it will be unwise to reject such development.
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His comments come after some cocoa farmers claimed that the company sought to forcefully claim their lands to expand their business.
Nana Sasraku Gyimah II, in an interview with Happy FM’s Don Prah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, however, explained: “Genser Energy will not just come out one day to take action without consulting traditional rulers of the area. They rightfully informed us of what they intended to do. And in any case, looking at our current situation, I doubt any chief will halt this kind of development in their area. As traditional rulers, there is no way we will reject this development in our community”.
The Chief further debunked all claims that Genser Energy tried to steal the lands of the cocoa farmers in Wasa Amenfi. According to him, cocoa farmers were consulted before a decision was taken.
In the recent edition of Happy FM’s ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ Inside Story’ Cocoa Series, reports had it that Genser Energy Ghana Limited (‘GEGL’) which provides distributed power generation solutions in Ghana to multinational industrial and mining companies seeks to take lands of cocoa farmers in Wassa to expand their business.
The Sefwi Bekwai Cocoa Cooperative Union accused Genser Energy Ghana Limited (‘GEGL’) of trying to forcefully push them out of their lands without any consultations and negotiations.
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Genser Energy Ghana Limited provides distributed power generation solutions in Ghana to multinational industrial and mining companies including Gold Fields Ghana, Kinross Gold Corporation and more recently Perseus Mining.
The company intends to build over 170km of natural gas pipelines connecting its existing plants with the Ghana National Gas Corporation’s facilities, increase the total capacity of its existing plants from 100MW to 190MW and invest in new 161kV transmission lines and seeks out these lands for their expansion project.
