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August 15, 2024
Chairman of the Government Assurance Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is on the hills of the government to release the full list of state lands.
Mr Ablakwa challenged the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government under President Nana Akufo-Addo to produce the list of state lands stating that there is a state capture for the past eight years under the current administration compelling the Minority to demand for the full list of state lands; but that has not been provided.
“We have evidence to the effect that there is state capture and there is massive land grab going on all over the Country and field visit has revealed that”, he said at a press conference in Parliament House.
He further condemned the inability of the government to produce the list of public lands; adding that the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor was throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians that there is no state capture of lands.
He affirmed that Article 257 clause 1 of the 1992 constitution states that the President shall hold the state land in trust of Ghanaians; “we want to know how much of the States lands that is left, it’s our right, our constitutional right; we have to ask and there are faceless elements who are grabbing. It has been more than two years since we invited the sector Minister, he could not produce the list and said it’s a lot of work; we have come to the conclusion that Akuffo Addo and Dr Bawumia are refusing to disclose because they are deep neck involved in the state capture more than two years they have not been able to disclose this when we requested”.
Chairman Ablakwa, further challenged that, government officials cannot tell us how many state bungalows we have, but all they know is to connive with private developers to sell state bungalows.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com