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COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY (STATE
HOUSING CORPORATION)
(IMPLEMENTATION OF FINDINGS)
DECREE, 1979 (AFRCD 69)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Certain houses forfeited to the
State.
2. Certain houses revested in the
State Housing Corporation.
3. Certain Persons to surrender
one house each to the State
Housing Corporation.
4. State Housing Corporation not
liable for cost of extensions,
etc.
5. Surrender of property.
6. Ex gratia payments.
7. Persons to pay unlawfully
acquired moneys to the State.
8. Persons to refund certain
amounts to the State Housing
Corporation.
9. Offences.
10. Commencement.
SCHEDULES
First Schedule—Houses forfeited to
the State
Second Schedule—Houses revested in
the State Housing Corporation
Third Schedule—Houses one of which
is to be surrendered to State
Housing Corporation
Fourth Schedule—Unlawfully
acquired moneys to be paid into
Government chest
Fifth Schedule—Moneys to be
refunded to the Housing
Corporation
WHEREAS on the 10th day of August,
1979 the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council caused to be
published certain findings made by
the Committee of Inquiry into the
Affairs of the State Housing
Corporation appointed under
section 26 of the National
Redemption Council (Establishment)
Proclamation, 1972;
AND WHEREAS the said findings
declared that there were certain
irregularities and malpractices in
the allocation of estate houses
built by the Corporation and in
the dealings of certain persons
with the Corporation;
AND WHEREAS the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council deems it fit
to give due effect to the said
findings;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by
the Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council as follows:
Section 1—Certain Houses Forfeited
to the State.
The houses described in the first
column of the First Schedule to
this Decree, belonging to the
persons specified in the second
column in relation to each of the
said houses in the said Schedule,
are hereby forfeited to the State
and accordingly are hereby vested
in the State free from all
incumbrances whatsoever.
Section 2—Certain Houses Revested
in the State Housing Corporation.
(1) The estate houses described in
the first column of the Second
Schedule to this Decree, belonging
to the persons specified in the
second column in relation to each
of the houses in the said
Schedule, are hereby revested in
the State Housing Corporation for
reallocation free from all
incumbrances whatsoever.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions
of subsection (1) of this section
any person whose estate house has
been so revested may opt for a
refund of any moneys paid by him
to the State Housing Corporation
in respect of the house or for the
moneys to be applied towards the
purchase price of another estate
house, so however that in the case
of the last two named persons in
the said Schedule their moneys
shall be refunded without any
option.
Section 3—Certain Persons to
Surrender One House each to the
State Housing Corporation.
(1) The persons specified in the
Third Schedule to this Decree
shall each surrender forthwith
free from all incumbrances
whatsoever to the State Housing
Corporation one of the estate
houses described in relation to
him in the said Schedule.
(2) The State Housing Corporation
shall refund any moneys paid by
the said persons in respect of the
houses surrendered to the
Corporation.
Section 4—State Housing
Corporation not Liable for Cost of
Extensions, Etc.
The State Housing Corporation
shall not be liable to pay the
cost of any extensions,
improvements or renovations made
to any of the houses revested in
or surrendered to the Corporation
under the provisions of sections 2
and 3 of this Decree.
Section 5—Surrender of Property.
Any person who immediately before
the coming into force of this
Decree is in possession of any of
the estate houses referred to in
the said First, Second and Third
Schedules shall surrender it
forthwith to the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council or to any
person authorised by the Council
or to the State Housing
Corporation as the case may be.
Section 6—Ex gratia Payments.
The Government may, in its
discretion and notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, make
provisions for the compensation of
any person who satisfies the
Government that he had granted any
loan on the security of any
property forfeited to the State by
this Decree, being a loan any part
of which remains for the time
being unpaid.
Section 7—Persons to Pay
Unlawfully Acquired Moneys to the
State.
Each of the persons specified in
the first column of the Fourth
Schedule to this Decree shall pay
forthwith into Government chest
the sum specified in relation to
him in the second column of the
said Schedule.
Section 8—Persons to Refund
Certain Amounts to the State
Housing Corporation.
Each of the persons specified in
the first column of the Fifth
Schedule to this Decree shall pay
forthwith to the State Housing
Corporation the sum specified in
relation to him in the second
column of the said Schedule.
Section 9—Offences.
Any person who—
(a) refuses or without reasonable
excuse, proof of which shall be on
him, fails to surrender any estate
house or pay any money required to
be surrendered or paid under this
Decree; or
(b) otherwise obstructs the Armed
Forces Revolutionary Council or
any person authorised by the
Council or the State Housing
Corporation in the recovery of the
revesting of any of the estate
houses specified in the said First
and Second Schedules in the State
or the State Housing Corporation,
shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding ¢10,000.00 or to
imprisonment not exceeding ten
years or to both.
Section 10—Commencement.
This Decree shall be deemed to
have come into force on the 10th
day of August, 1979.
FIRST SCHEDULE
HOUSES FORFEITED TO THE STATE
Description of
House
Owner
1. No. 99A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone,
Accra. E. K.
Mensah
2. No. 100A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone, Accra. Nana
Akua Addae
3. No. 101A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone, Accra. Kwame
Antwi Adjei Boateng, alias Joseph
Antwi Adjei.
4. No. 98A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone,
Accra. Edward
Osei Boakye
5. No. 6, 4th Norla Street, North
Labone, Accra. Miss
Barbara Boakye
6. No. 97A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone,
Accra. Nour
el Din Captan
7. No. 161A, 4th Norla Street,
North Labone, Accra. K.
Owusu Adjei
8. No. 11, 1st Close, East
Cantonments, Accra.
E. K. Buckman
9. No. H461, Kwadaso, Kumasi
Commander G. E. Osei
10. No. A66, Airport, Kumasi
A. A. T. Ankrah
11. No. A24, Airport, Kumasi
Paul Acheampong
12. No. A105, Airport, Kumasi
Ernest Brefo
SECOND SCHEDULE
HOUSES REVESTED IN THE STATE
HOUSING CORPORATION
Description of House
Owner
1. No. G12, Patasi, Kumasi
Hanna Bouley
2. No. G15, Patasi, Kumasi
Florence Sarpong
3. No. G13, Patasi, Kumasi
Victoria Akyea
4. No. G14, Patasi, Kumasi
Elizabeth Yeboah
5. No. H25, Patasi, Kumasi
Esther Arhin
6. No. A46, Patasi, Kumasi
J. K. Taah
7. No. F25, Patasi, Kumasi
Alhaji Yaya
8. No. F447, Kwadaso, Kumasi
Peter Adu Adjei
9. No. A42, Airport, Kumasi
Alfred Boadi
10. No. A9 Airport, Kumasi
Yaw Boateng
11. No. A10, Airport, Kumasi
Charles Osei Bonsu
12. No. A22, Airport, Kumasi
Joseph Frimpong
13. No. A34, Airport, Kumasi
Grace Achiaa
14. No. A33, Airport, Kumasi
Kwaku Asante
15. No. A52, Airport, Kumasi
Afua Fofie
16. No. A26, Airport, Kumasi
Kwame Sarpong
17. No. A70, Airport, Kumasi
Yaw Amankwa
18. No. A56, Airport, Kumasi
Yaa Konasu
19. No. C3A, New Effiakuma
A. Y. Bediako
20. No. C15, New Effiakuma
Lawrence Osei Kwaku
21. No. 125, Pedu
Miss Victoria Asher
22. No. 11, Carrot Street, Mawuli,
Ho
Master Alfred Adu Aboagye.
23. No. 9, Carrot Street, Mawuli,
Ho
Miss Millicent Adu Aboagye.
THIRD SCHEDULE
HOUSES ONE OF WHICH IS TO BE
SURRENDERED TO STATE HOUSING
CORPORATION
Description of House
Owner
1. Nos. A.23 and 24,
Tamale
J. A. Braimah, Jnr.
2. Nos. L.7 and 8,
Tamale
Albert B. Katon
3. Nos. H.7 and 8,
Tamale
Kwesi Prempeh
4. Nos. L.11 and 12,
Tamale
A. A. Mortrage
5. Nos. K.7 and 8,
Tamale
S. M. Sibidow
6. Nos. F.13 and 14, Bolgatanga
Mohammed Issaka & Co.
7. Nos. J.7 and 8, Bolgatanga
Braimah Zira Issaka
8. Nos. H.13 and 14, Bolgatanga
Yakubu Seidu
FOURTH SCHEDULE
UNLAWFULLY ACQUIRED MONEYS TO BE
PAID INTO GOVERNMENT CHEST
Name
Amount
¢
1. K. Owusu Adjei
.. .. ..
.. ..
20,000.00
2. Yousif Patty ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
10,000.00
3. Owusu Poku ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
10,000.00
4. Alidu .. ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
8,000.00
5. Timothy Oku
.. .. ..
.. ..
7,000.00
6. Ade Bashiru ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
3,000.00
7. Delanyo ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
3,000.00
8. Hayford ..
.. .. ..
.. ..
5,000.00
FIFTH SCHEDULE
MONEYS TO BE REFUNDED TO THE
HOUSING CORPORATION
Name
Amount
¢
1. S. A. Boadu ..
.. .. ..
.. 75,965.00
2. Kabara of Jafi Trading
Enterprise .. ..
.. 50,000.00
3. Major M. K. Botchway
.. .. ..
.. 4,200.00
4. Kwabena Bartels ..
.. .. ..
.. 757.52
5. D. O. Annan ..
.. .. ..
.. 109,557.56
6. Major-General N. A. Aferi
.. .. ..
29,686.36
7. Henry Ofori Attah
.. ..
.. .. 7,028.42
8. Lt.-Col. S. K. Bawuah
.. ..
.. .. 77,438.20
9. Col. George Slater
.. ..
.. .. 74,024.30
Made this 21st day of September,
1979.
FLT.-LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 23rd
September, 1979.
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