Land administration project<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Environment Minister disclosed that his Ministry\u2019s quest to sanitize the system has undertaking the land administration project which is partly handled by the World Bank.<\/p>\n
The project is aimed at bringing together all institutions which are mandated to supervise land acquisitions and developments and their institutional arrangements will be harmonized under a legislation which is expected to be passed by Parliament.<\/p>\n
The legislation called land use and spacial development legislation is presently before cabinet waiting for approval.<\/p>\n
It will then be sent to Parliament for members of the House to approve it as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it is approved by Parliament, we will have a the harmonization of the institutions that are involved in all this into one single coordinating committee that has representation from all the institution that are involved so that that structure can be replicated at the regional and the district levels to make it easy for the administration of spacial development and the use of land in this country,\u201d the Minister explained.<\/p>\n
He was certain that if \u201cwe go through these processes; I believe that we will make it easier for citizens to comply.\u201d<\/p>\n
He argued that \u201cthe framework is there, the institutions are there\u201d but admitted that \u201ccoordination is a problem, enforcement is a problem and ultimately, a culture of \u2018not minding the law\u2019 has been developed which we would have to try and change in the minds of the citizenry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Respect the law<\/strong><\/p>\nMahama Ayariga stressed that it is important for the public to appreciate the fact that there are laws regulating the development of spaces and \u201cthey must respect those pieces of legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026we are looking at how to simply the processes and how to involve the private sector in a lot of the work that must be done in managing spacial development. We must look at who is responsible for what then we can begin to think about how we can get everyone to live up to their responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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