AT A GLANCE
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A High Court in Teman has granted the TDC an eviction order to evict 187 residents
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Four of the Flats have failed structural integrity tests
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The four Blocks are unsafe for human settlement due to their dilapidated nature
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Over 400 persons risk mass ejection from Kaizer Flats in Tema following a court eviction order granted the Tema Development Corporation (TDC).
The ejection exercise is scheduled for today, Thursday, February 1, 2018.
Adom News’ Issabella Ave Gidiglo reported on Adom FM’s Morning Show “Dwaso Nsem” Thursday that the order was issued by the Tema High Court in 2013 after the TDC had ruled that the flats failed structural integrity tests.
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Engineers had declared Blocks 407, 408, 410 and 415 at building complex unsafe for human settlement due to their dilapidated nature and therefore had to be demolished.
In all 187 residents, made up of 53 children and 134 adults, are to vacate the flats.
According to Issabella, residents expressed reluctance to shift to transit camps. Some locals fear to lose their properties.
The decision to demolish the building has resulted in a long-standing battle between the TDC and the occupants who have declared their resolve to resist any such move.
