Govt agencies urged to help stop VVU land encroachment

 The Valley View University (VVU) is calling on rele­vant stakeholders to intervene to stop the encroach­ment of its lands.

The educational institution has lamented that in the last two years, more than 10 acres of its 160-acre area has been encroached.

Addressing a media conference in Accra, last Sunday, the Registrar of the University, Albert K. Im­brah, said the encroachment was affecting the development and management of the VVU.

He explained that the total land area of the university was leased out by different families with a particular family emerging after more than three decades of the school’s existence.

“We have tried in the last two years to seek amicable solution by engaging with this particular fam­ily, but it’s been difficult getting their collaboration,” Mr Imbrah said.

“It’s been very challenging. Sometimes, you go to a particu­lar family and there are various factions each claiming to be the legitimate owners of the land,” he noted.

As a result of the frustration, Mr Imbrah said the VVU has filed a case at the court for adjudica­tion, but the encroachment has persisted.

According to him, the area of target for the encroachers was the portion of the land which was yet to be fenced, stating that plans were underway to build a fence.

The Registrar said that most of the encroachment happens over the weekend when the VVU, an establishment of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, is not in session.

“By virtue of our identity, we don’t want to go confrontational and that is why we are seeking the intervention of the relevant state institutions to intervene to stop the encroachment…so that the school can continue to exist in the atmosphere of tranquility, and still maintain the good rapport with our land lords for the growth and development of our dear nation,” Mr Imbrah stressed.

He said the University is the fulcrum around which the Oyibi township has developed into what it is today and must be protected.

“In view of the contribution Valley View makes to the training and development of the human resource capital of the country, the issue at hand cannot and should not be overlooked. We, therefore, call on all the relevant institutions to give attention to what is happening at Valley View University to stop the encroach­ment,” Mr Imbrah appealed.

BY JULIUS YAO PETETSI

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