Judge Gbeneweleh Lifts Stay Order on Electricity Construction Works for 4 Countries
The National Contracting Company’s efforts to suspend its 1,350 km transmission line project that would have allowed electricity power export from Cote D’Ivoire to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea ended on Wednesday, December 23 when Civil Law Court ‘A’ upheld the contract.
In his ruling, Judge Peter Gbeneweleh said that the request by the Global Group, one of the contracting companies, to halt the civil foundation works for breach of contract is denied and the resistance to the motion filed by NCC is sustained. “NCC that is the respondent is hereby ordered to proceed with the construction of the project pending the hearing and determination of Global Group, the plaintiff’s preliminary injunction.”
Judge Gbeneweleh further ruled that the complaint for preliminary injunction arises from the lawsuit the ‘Action of Damages for Breach of Contract’ that was filed by the Global Group against the NCC, where they claimed the amount of US$209,762 as special damages constituting the total contract price, which they argued that the NCC had refused to settle.
