An Accra high court presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Novisi Afua Aryene has awarded damages and cost against the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) and Crossroad Community Church Ministries, both at Haasto in the Greater Accra Region, for nuisance.
The judge ordered the two churches to pay GHS20,000 and GHS10,000, respectively, to the plaintiffs.
The court further ordered the Municipal Chief Executive of Abokobi to pay damages of GHS20,000 to the plaintiffs for reckless disregard of the interests and rights of the plaintiffs to enjoyment the quietness of their properties.
These orders were made after the court found that the activities of the two churches (loud singing, clapping and drumming, accompanied by electronic musical instruments and loud prayers during days and nights, especially) from Fridays to Sundays coupled with the littering of the neighbourhood by congregants and the blocking of the entrance of the plaintiffs houses with their cars, amounted to nuisance.
The plaintiffs, Mrs Patricia Bannerman and Dr Elizabeth Masopeh, dragged the churches and the MCE of the area to court over the continuous disturbances in the residential area.
Source: Dennis Law
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WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS IN GHANA, ESPECIALLY IN KUMASI. THERE IS SO MUCH NOISE AND NUISANCE BY CHURCHES AND MOSQUES IN MANY PLACES IN GHANA. AT TAFO, AWHAA AND OTHER PLACE SOME MOSQUE ERECT POWERFUL LOUD SPEAKERS FOR A VERY DISTURBING BROADCASTS. ALL OUR DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL AND METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLIES HAVE FAILED TO SEE IT AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP THIS SICKENING PHENOMENA IN OUR SOCIETY. THE NOISE LIKE THE FILTH MAKES GHANA ***barred word*** AND NASTY. IT PORTRAYS GHANA AS VERY UNCIVILIZED SOCIETY WHERE WE DO NOT HELP PEOPLE TO REST ENOUGH AND THINK BETTER. HOW CAN WE GROW TO DEVELOP THE NATION WHEN WE DISTURB PUBLIC PEACE AND THWART ANY ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE THINKING.NOISE MAKERS DON'T THINK AND THEY DON'T WANT ANY NOBODY TO THINK. THEY WANT ALL TO BECOME DUMB AND BACKWARD LIKE THEM. THANK GOD WE HAVE JUDGES WHO HAVE COURAGE AND FORESIGHT TO INSPIRE AND SECURE CIVILIZED SOCIETY. WE MUST ALL WAKE UP IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT ANY OBSOLETE AND INSANE BEHAVIOR, LIKE WE DO TO ARMED ROBBERY AND CORRUPTION, TO MAKE OUR NATION GREAT AND STRONG. POP
Woow... Good one. we can sue now. too much noise in our neighborhood.