CONTRACTORS WORKING on the Kejetia Bus Terminal in Kumasi are now eligible to work on portions of the facility that have been earmarked for utility works of the million-dollar project.
The news was made possible after a High Court in Kumasi dismissed an injunction placed on some vital parts of the project by All State Construction Company Ltd, a private company on Monday.
All State Construction Company Ltd, the plaintiffs, had appealed to the court to extend the injunction which was placed on the utility area in the Kejetia Bus Terminal project but their request was rejected.
The High Court, presided by Justice Charles A. Williams, dismissed the injunction application, on the grounds that the Kejetia Bus Terminal project is a national project, which is of public interest.
The court also threw out the injunction order because All State Construction Company Ltd had failed to comply fully with the court’s order for it (All State) to file an undertaking in February 2017.
Per the undertaking, All State Construction Company Ltd would have been made to pay damages to the KMA should it (All State) lost the case after the hearing in court.
But instead of filing the undertaking within seven days as ordered by the High Court, All State Construction Company Ltd, rather used nine months to file that particular undertaking.
All State Construction Company Ltd argued that the place earmarked for utility area in the Kejetia project was close to its septic tank, hence seeking court injunction to stop the works.
Godwin Okumah Nyame, KMA PRO, who briefed the DAILY GUIDE, expressed joy about the decision of the court, saying, due to the injunction, the completion date of the Kejetia project has been moved from January to July, 2018.
Meanwhile, another case between All State Construction Company Ltd and KMA is still pending in court. The private company had sued the KMA for demolishing its building at the Kejetia Bus Terminal.
According to the company, over US$ 2 million worth of hospital equipment that was being kept in that building before it was demolished by the KMA is nowhere to be found.
All State Construction Company Ltd has therefore prayed the court to order the KMA to pay the over US$ 2 million; the KMA should also pay the value of the building and it is also seeking general damages.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi