{"id":326948,"date":"2017-06-10T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326948"},"modified":"2017-06-10T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T09:00:38","slug":"govt-to-reopen-ghana-school-of-surveying-and-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/govt-to-reopen-ghana-school-of-surveying-and-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to reopen Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has announced the reopening of the Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping (GSSM).<\/p>\n<p>The school was recently closed down following recent clashes over the acquisition of its land.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-326957\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Aewu-1.jpg\" alt=\"aewu-1\" width=\"715\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration of the governing board of the school, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, said the reopening is in line with government&#8217;s drive to get enough human resource to execute land title registration processes.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions\u00a0at the school escalated when students clashed with land guards on the school\u2019s premises in protest against the sale of their school land by the Lands Commission on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-326959\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Amewu-3.jpg\" alt=\"amewu-3\" width=\"685\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MP backs sale of school land for shopping mall <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In December 2016, \u00a0a Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Forestry, Albert Abongo, condemned a demonstration by students of the Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping over what they say claim is an illegal sale of their land to a private developer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-326958\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Amewu-2.jpg\" alt=\"amewu-2\" width=\"729\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326957\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Aewu-1.jpg\" alt=\"aewu-1\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Allegations are that the land has been sold to some foreign investors to build a shopping mall but\u00a0the students argue that the Lands Commission failed to consult them before taking the decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Board of Governors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Sulemana Mahama \u2013 Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p>Jones Ofori-Boadu \u2013 Lands Commission<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Addo-Tawiah \u2013 Survey and Mapping Division of Lands Commission<\/p>\n<p>Fredrick Bediaoko Mensah \u2013 The Principal, GSSM<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Isaac Dadzie \u2013 Geomatic Engineering Dept. 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