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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Provisional
National Defence Council by
subsection (1) of section 6 of the
Provisional National Defence
Council (Establishment)
Proclamation (Supplementary and
Consequential Provisions) Law,
1982 (P.N.D.C.L. 42) this
Instrument is made this 30th day
of July, 1988.
1. There is hereby established a
Committee of Inquiry to be known
as the "Committee of Inquiry into
the grievances of Weija Irrigation
Co-operative Farmers Marketing
Society Limited" hereafter
referred to as "the Committee".
2. The Committee shall consist of
the persons specified in the
Schedule to this Instrument.
3. The terms of reference of the
Committee shall be as follows —
(a) to investigate the mode of
acquisition of the land for the
Weija Irrigation Project and in
particular whether any provision
was made for future expansion of
the village;
(b) to investigate the payment of
rent by the farmers and the
criteria for the determination of
rent;
(c) to investigate the mode of
allocation of plots and optimum
farm size per farmer;
(d) to review the cost structure,
both fixed and operational cost
and to assist the Weija Irrigation
Company to minimise the fixed
(overhead) component to reflect in
the prices of inputs and services
delivered to the farmers;
(e) to review the costs of
administration of credit
facilities to the farmers and to
develop appropriate norms
including the need for risk cover
and the involvement of the lending
institutions in extending credit
facilities to the farmers;
(f) to investigate the extent to
which the Weija irrigation Company
is providing satisfactory
management services to the farmers
in deciding whether the Company
has an adequate accounting and
control system as well as internal
and external capability to
maintain and implement the project
profitably;
(g) to examine the extent of the
Weija Irrigation Co-operative
Farmers Marketing Society's
technical capability in such areas
as farm management, accounting,
marketing, purchasing,
distribution, personnel management
and financing;
(h) to investigate the extent to
which the Weija Irrigation Company
is working towards the attainment
of the objectives of the project,
that is the regular production and
supply of vegetables to Accra Tema
areas; and
(i)
to submit its findings and
recommendations within two months
from the date of its inauguration.
4. (1) Mr. B. C. Attipoe of the
Irrigation Development Authority
shall be the Secretary of the
Committee.
(2) The Provisional National
Defence Council may provide to the
Committee the services of such
other officers as the Committee
may require for the discharge of
its functions.
5. (1) The Committee shall meet
at such times and such places as
it may determine.
(2) The Committee may at any time
engage the services of any person
to attend any of its meetings as
an adviser.
(3) Subject to the provisions of
this Instrument, the Committee
shall regulate its own procedures.
6. The Committee shall at any
time be deemed to be duly
constituted if the Chairman and
three other members are present.
7. (1) The Committee may require
any person—
(a) to attend at such time and
place as may be indicated by the
Committee to give evidence or
produce any document in his
possession or control which
relates to any matter indicated by
the Committee; or
(b) to give to the Committee any
information that it may require
for the purpose of any
investigation before it.
(2) Any person who appears before
the Committee under subparagraph
(1) of this paragraph may be
examined on oath and the Committee
may for that purpose administer
the oath.
8. Any person who—
(a) refuses or wilfully neglects
to attend in obedience to a
requirement by the Committee under
subparagraph (1) (a) of paragraph
7 of this Instrument, or
(b) wilfully alters, suppresses,
conceals, destroys or refuses to
produce any document which he is
required to produce under
subparagraph (l) (a) of paragraph
7 of this Instrument; or
(c) refuses or wilfully neglects
to furnish any information
required of him under subparagraph
(1) (b) of paragraph 7 of this
Instrument,
is guilty of an offence and liable
on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding ¢5,000.00 or to
imprisonment not exceeding six
months or to both.
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C H E D U L E
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
1. Lt.-Col. B. Gbologah
Chairman
2. Mr. N.O. Osae (Senior Engineer,
IDA)
Member
3. Mr. B. A. Owusu (Crops
Services,
Ministry of
Agriculture)
Member
4. Mr. Deri Yeri (Representative,
National Secretariat of CDRs)
Member
5. Mr. P.O. Akushey (Principal
Consultant, M.D.P.I.)
Member
6. Mr. E. A. Attuah-Afari
(Representative, Office
of the Greater Accra Regional
Administration)
Member
Flt.-Lt. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Provisional
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