A video has surfaced of some Ada locals storming Electrochem Ghana to retrieve their seized equipment.
The information gathered suggests Electrochem Ghana seized equipment from the locals by using state security.
In a video posted by CITI FM whose caption contradicts what was said in the video some locals were captured on motorbikes storming Electrochem to retrieve their equipment.
A narrator who recorded the video alleged, “Electrochem seized equipment from the locals, so today the people are here picking their items from the company, you can clearly see people whose machines were taken from them we all came here to pick our machines that is what is happening”.
There have been heightened tensions in the Ada-Songor District amidst renewed escalations between residents and an alleged force of police and military personnel
The locals have been clashing with the alleged force of the police and military personnel over the disputed salt mine concessions with McDan’s Electrochem.
Meanwhile, a Queen mother of the Terkperbiawe Clan in Ada, Naana Korleki Korley I, has been crying out over McDan’s Ada-Songor Salt concession.
According to her, she had high hopes when she supported the takeover of the Ada Songor Salt Project by Electrochem Ghana Limited, a company owned by business mogul, Daniel McKorley, commonly known as McDan.
The website of McDan’s Electrochem states the company has secured a concession of 41,000 acres at Ada Songor to produce 1,000,000 metric tons of salt per annum to supply to local and export markets.
Reports coming in have also revealed that the state-owned Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) handed a staggering US$30 million to McDan’s Electrochem for its Ada-Songor Salt project to secure a shocking 6 percent stake in McDan’s Electrochem for its Ada-Songor Salt project raising serious questions about who truly benefits from this deal.
Watch the video below:
🇬🇭 Electrochem Ghana Raises Alarm: Alleged raiders storm their concession, seizing equipment and disrupting operations. Watch the details unfold. #CitiNewsroom pic.twitter.com/dFKQ7oqDSq
— CITI FM 97.3 (@Citi973) January 9, 2025
