A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said that most political elites are guilty of the issue of sale and acquisition of state lands. He says the political elites hide behind people who front for them and turn around to sell the properties to themselves. Professor Gyampo however expressed disappointment over the sale of the lands because he believes that state lands should belong to the state and be used for the purposes that they were designated for. "All the political elites are guilty of acquisition of state lands, just that there was no Okudzeto Ablakwa to be interested in it," he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, August 17. He added "I am disappointed the manner I which about the way and manner we are selling, if you have to sell then open to everybody. I believe that the land belongs to the state must belong to the state." For his part, North Tongu lawmaker, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, told the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor that the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) governments cannot share in the state capture of resources.