Government land redevelopment policy most abused - Ablakwa - MyJoyOnline

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for an end to the Accra redevelopment policy.

Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Wednesday 17, he stated that the policy while well-intentioned has often been abused by land-grabbing high-ranking officials in successive governments since 1999 to advance their private interests.

Citing the opinion of then Adenyira JSC in a related case, Samuel Ablakwa read, “I wish to state by way of obiter that the Accra redevelopment scheme of residential properties policy as implemented by both the Rawlings and Kufuor administration has not been wholly satisfactory and has raised a lot of negative comments and issues of morality from the populace.

“This land redevelopment policy has totally outlived its usefulness, it’s been probably the most abused policy in our country’s history and it should not continue,” he said.

“Look, Kojo, I can give you a tall list, judges have not been excluded as victims of this policy, public servants, civil servants, doctors who should be close so that if there is an emergency, you need them close to Korle Bu or close to Ridge hospital, they can be in good proximity, so that they can save our lives they’ve all been dislodged because of this same policy in the name of redevelopment, in the name of in-filling.

“And you see it is important to stress that when you look at the implementation of this policy, we don’t have clear guidelines, there are no clear guidelines as to who benefits, how the land – if there is spare land – how it is auctioned, how it is sold, how you come to won titles.

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