News:
August 22, 2017
The honorable Member of Parliament for the Ningo Prampram constituency in the Greater Accra region, Sam George Dzata is advocating a compilation of a comprehensive database directory on all lands in the country.
He expressed worry about the lack of register of Stool Lands by the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands which he said does not augur well for efficient and effective land administration in the country.
According to him, a register of Lands by the Administrator would serve as a necessary tool for the prevention and resolution of the numerous land disputes that has bedeviled the nation.
He noted for instance in the case of the Prampram area that the Watson Commission report has identified who the original owners of certain lands are hence the need for government to as a matter of urgency build a database of all lands to forestall cases of land disputes.
“Until and unless we prioritize the issues of Government as an institution owning the directorate of lands, we will always have land disputes’’ he observed.
The lawmaker made the call when officials from the Administrator of Stool Lands appeared before the Public Accounts to respond to queries raised by the 2015 Auditor General`s report.
Christian Kpesese /GhanaMps.com