I will continue to be lawless for the sake of my community - Sylvester Tetteh speaks out amid GBC Bungalow row

Nov 22, 2024 - 18:34

Sylvester Tetteh is MP for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro and Ghana's Deputy Minister of Information

Accra, Ghana - Nov 22, 2024 -A controversy has erupted in Ghana over the demolition of a structure allegedly belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). Deputy Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro, Sylvester Tetteh, has vehemently denied claims that he was responsible for the demolition.

According to Tetteh, the demolition was part of a legitimate agreement between the GA South Municipal Assembly and GBC to construct a public school on the disputed land. He attributed the negative publicity to administrative lapses within the broadcaster.

Tetteh has also announced plans to investigate the allocation of GBC lands to private individuals in the Akwasa area. He challenged GBC's Director of Legal Affairs to provide proof that he demolished a different parcel of land, rather than the one allocated to him for development.

The MP's denial comes amidst accusations of misconduct and abuse of power. However, Tetteh remains defiant, stating that he will continue to prioritize the interests of his community, even if it means being labeled "lawless".

“As a sector deputy minister, and my boss will approve that, I will institute investigations into how GBC lands have ended up building private homes here where we are standing. So he should get ready. If he’s a director of legal and he had the impudence to report his sector deputy minister to the police and had the gut to put my picture on their social media handle.

“I want to deal with the matter of lies that have been spilt about me that I have forcefully demolished the bungalow. What he claimed to be GBC property, a bungalow. There’s no bungalow here. There’s an old dilapidated structure here and let me tell you, there’s one man who’s has been an occupant of that place.

“They’ve been collecting money from him for years. No GBC staff had ever occupied that place for a very long time. It’s a boy’s quarters dilapidated building. Nobody works in GBC had occupied that property and when the estate manager was here and the coordinates were picked, the coordinates that were picked, that included that whole area. So if you want to build there and an old dilapidated structure is there, what do you do?

“Don’t you clear it before you do the construction? So this is the site plan I’ll share with you. This is a letter sent by Kwame Waja on the instructions of the director general. Where have I gone wrong? Where has the assembly gone wrong? The municipal assembly has not done anything untoward. So this issue of a lawless MP. If I want, if I’m lawless for the sake of my community, I’ll continue to be lawless," he stated.