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Engineers from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have ordered a group of Chinese nationals excavating land under its high-voltage power lines at Shiashie to stop work and leave the area.
The project, which was being carried out on GRIDCo-owned land strictly regulated against construction, prompted the company to dispatch a task force to halt the illegal activity.
Although GRIDCo's intervention initially paused the excavation, the group resumed work a week later, this time under the protection of Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly guards. GRIDCo’s task force returned, detained the workers on-site, and dismantled an office container set up as a base of operations.
The Chinese nationals claimed they had authorization from the Ayawaso West Municipal Chief Executive, Clement Wilkinson, to carry out the project—a claim Mr. Wilkinson has denied.
GRIDCo has since instructed the workers to immediately backfill the trenches and vacate the premises.
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