Alleged land grabbing by political class: We’ll publish list of public lands …Lands Minister promises, insists public lands safe, intact, secure
Published:
1 month ago
Source:
Ghanaian Times
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it will soon publish a list of public lands which have been leased out to individuals and private entities by the state since the coming into force of the 1992 constitution. The decision to go public with the list apart from updating the public on the state of public lands is also to put to rest the perennial accusation and counter accusation of land grabbing by the political class. Addressing journalists during the Minister's Briefing organised by the Ministry of Information in Accra yesterday, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, said lifting of the veil was in the spirit of transparency and accountability.
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Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor (fifth from left) with other dignitaries after the meeting
"In the spirit of transparency, the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the compilation of a list of all public lands that have been transferred since the inception of the Fourth Republic on January 7, 1993," he emphasized. The Minister noted that in line with the President's directive, a team of dedicated men and women at the Lands Commission were working to put together the list and the details would be made known in the next few months.