A leaked document from the Lands Commission has revealed that Nana Attobrah Quaicoe, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), acquired prime state land in the Cantonments area for just over GH¢160,000.
The document, which included details of the NIB boss, including his picture, shows that the land he acquired is designated as Plot No. 8 and spans an area of approximately 0.24 acres.
The land is located within the Giffard Road Layout Extension Area at Cantonments, Accra, under the jurisdiction of the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region.
The document names the President of the Republic as the lessor and Nana Attobrah Quaicoe as the lessee. "In consideration of the sum of One Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifteen Cedis (GH¢160,715.00) paid by the Lessee to the Lessor as premium (the receipt of which payment the Lessor hereby acknowledges) and in further consideration of the payment of the annual ground rent herein stated and the observance and performance of the covenants, stipulations, and conditions herein contained, the Lessor hereby leases to the Lessee all that piece or parcel of land known as Plot No. 8 measuring an approximate area of 0.24 acres situated within the Giffard Road Layout Extension Area-Accra at Cantonments-Accra in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana, TO HAVE and TO HOLD same unto and to the use of the Lessee for a term of Ninety-Nine (99) years with effect from the 1st day of January, 2021, yielding and paying therefore unto the Lessor an annual ground rent of Six Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Cedis (GH¢6,720.00) payable yearly in advance on or before the 1st day of January in every year, the payment for the period from the 1st day of January, 2021, to the 31st day of December, 2021, having been made on or before the execution of this lease.
