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 Mrs Barbara Tetteh-Charway (right), Justice of the High Court, administering the oath of office to members of the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission during the inauguration. Picture: EDNA ADU-SERWAA
Mrs Barbara Tetteh-Charway (right), Justice of the High Court, administering the oath of office to members of the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission during the inauguration. Picture: EDNA ADU-SERWAA

Minister inaugurates Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has inaugurated the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission, charging its members to ensure that landowners are able to register their lands within 30 days.

He said the land holding and management regime was fraught with uncertainties arising from disputes, claims and counterclaims.

“In addition to this state of affairs, we see a distorted development pattern of haphazard development, poor accessibility, bad roads in many communities and lack of utilities for the citizenry. This situation is not the best for a capital which is expected to be the gateway for trade, industry and commerce,” he said.

Mr Amewu said the expeditious delivery of land title registration would contribute immensely to eliminating the problem of land guards.

Focus

The minister further encouraged the commission to take proactive steps to address the numerous land litigations.

“If our land title administration is very effective, ownership is clear and allodial titles, especially chiefs’ involvement, have all been dealt with, and people have complete ownership, I do not think there will be issues with land litigation. We are going to introduce a lot of innovations into land title administration in Ghana and we expect that issues of land guards will be resolved,” he said.

He entreated the representative of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs on the commission to take particular interest in identifying the appropriate customary hierarchies that had allodial ownership of land, so that litigations on land in the region would be reduced to the barest minimum.

Mr Amewu also urged the members of the commission to focus their attention on the interests of their people by bringing to the fore critical issues affecting the development of their areas as far as land was concerned.

“It is this collective effort that will make the quality of your contributions meaningful to the work of the Lands Commission,” he added.

He stated that there were many reform initiatives through the Land Administration Project (LAP) that addressed the key land concerns in the country.

Response

For his part, the Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission, Mr Keith Quaynor, assured the government that the commission would bring to bear on its work the diverse expertise and experiences of the members to improve on service delivery.

He said technology had a crucial role to play to ensure the registration of lands within a month.

“Technology will improve efficiency and transparency in the operation of the commission and also make records immutable, “ he emphasised.

Mr Quaynor gave an assurance that the commission would discharge its mandate and ensure that it provided better services for the public.

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