{"id":340783,"date":"2017-07-31T11:27:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=340783"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:27:22","slug":"stop-selling-lands-like-keta-school-boys-minister-to-lands-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/stop-selling-lands-like-keta-school-boys-minister-to-lands-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop selling lands like &#8216;Keta school boys&#8217; &#8211; Minister to lands commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has bemoaned the indiscriminate sale of state\u00a0lands to private individuals at prices cheaper than the cost of anchovies, popularly known as Keta School Boys on the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Recently, there were concerns over the decision of the Volta Regional Lands Commission to lease strategic government lands to private individuals in what the commission claimed was an in-filling exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The situation, the Minister said, denies government installations that are yet to begin operation in the region space to operate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOver the last 8 years, Volta Region has faced a lot of difficulties over the land titles administrations, lands were sold so cheaply to the extent that, the prices of \u201cKeta School Boys\u201d far exceeds the cost of lands that have been sold to others. Hence the rational of aggressive disposal of government lands for private political interest can no longer be allowed to continue\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Speaking at the inauguration of the Volta Regional Lands Commission in Ho, Peter Amewu charged the 30 member Commission to fend off such temptation and put in measures to resolve protracted land disputes in the region to stimulate development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Commission is chaired by Mama Dzidoasi of Gbi Abansi Traditional Area in the Hohoe Municipality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">In her acceptance speech, the chairperson expressed her gratitude for the appointment and pledged her commitment to ensuring effective land administration in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Commission is made up of representatives from various statutory bodies including the Regional House of Chiefs, Ghana Bar Association, Town and Country Planning Department, Ghana Institute of Surveyors and Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: King Nobert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has bemoaned the indiscriminate sale of state\u00a0lands to private individuals at prices cheaper than the cost of anchovies, popularly known as Keta School Boys on the market. 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