The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Titus Glover, has cautioned those encroaching on land in the region to desist from the act, warning that the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) will commence action to clamp down on miscreants.
He said REGSEC was committed to sanitising the region of land guards encroaching on people's lands to restore peace and security in affected parts of the region, following series of petition received by the REGSEC."We are here to sanitise the region.
We don't want any land guards, any sort of miscreants that will try to disturb the peace in the region," he said.Mr Glover was addressing the media after embarking on a fact-finding tour in areas in the La Nkwantanang Madina, Adentan and Kpone Katamanso municipalities in the Greter Accra Region.
The tour saw the regional minister and the REGSEC engage traditional leaders and one Clemence Djato who was in charge of government lands in the La Nkwatanang Madina Municipality and the Adentan Municipality.Context, concern In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Divisional Chief of Danfa, Nii Dzame Tsuru Afutu Brimpong IV, narrated that lands were released to the government in 1970 for agricultural purposes by the Amrahia, Danfah and Kweiman traditional authorities.He added that in November 2020, government issued a white paper for the release of 40 per cent of the said lands given to the government, and that the lands returned to the traditional authorities by the Lands Commission in conjunction with one Clemence Djato, a contracted caretaker of the lands, did not reach the said 40 per cent stated in the white paper.He explained that, "Danfa gave the government 320 acres.