The Paramount Chief of the Prampram Traditional Area, Nene Tetteh Djan has filed an ex parte motion at the Tema High Court to compel the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to pay him the remaining GH¢2,000 out of the GH¢3,000 costs awarded against the association by the court in 2004. An affidavit in support of the motion stated that Nene Djan commenced a legal action against the GFA and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports on the acquisition of a site used for the construction of the Ghanaman Centre for Sports Excellence. The affidavit noted that after negotiations between the plaintiff and the defendants, the parties settled the matter out of court, adding that the Tema High Court, which was presided over by Mrs. Justice Barbara Ackah Yensu, endorsed the terms of settlement as consent judgement on April 16, 2004. It further noted that the GFA paid GH¢1,000 out of the GH¢ 3,000 agreed upon and that several letters written to it and the ministry to compel them to pay the remainder had proved futile. A copy of one of the letters addressed to the Minister of Education, Science and ports and dated April 8, 2008 stated that the defendants have failed or refused to bonour all obligations emanating from the said consent judgement, save for the purported payment of an amount of GH¢ 1,OOO to the plaintiff. It added that much as the plaintiff’s solicitors had wanted to resort to the legal models of execution prescribed by the Rules of Court to ensure compliance with the said judgement, Nene Djan was constrained to give the GFA and the ministry prior notice for the benefit of the defendants for an amicable settlement. "Our client demands that the defendants honour their obligation under the consent judgement by the payment of the agreed consideration for the acquisition of the said land and payment of the GH¢ 2,000 being the outstanding cost," it said. The solicitors noted in the letter that earlier correspondence exchanged between the parties had yielded no results as "your predecessors have not even afforded us the courtesy of a reply". "We wish to inform the GFA of our intentions to proceed with this matter by executing the said consent judgement to the letter in the event that we do not receive any favourable response from you within 10 days of the receipt of this letter," the letter added. The motion was moved by Mr Osafo Buabeng from the Oseawuo Chambers and Company, solicitors for the plaintiff, on June 17, 2008. Source: Daily Graphic