President Nana\u00a0Akufo-Addo\u00a0has charged the new Board of the National Lands Commission to end corruption at the Commission and streamline land acquisition\u00a0processes.<\/p>\n
The President Akufo-Addo observed that the processes of procuring land and registering land titles are also fraught with red tape.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”iXE9AP45y1OGsMKre8dtTGPPRfG7Giyx”]\u201cOn a daily basis, and I know I am not alone in making this observation, we hear of countless lamentations from many Ghanaians, who face great difficulty in trying to access services at the Lands Commission,\u201d the President said as he\u00a0inaugurated the\u00a0new board of the National Lands Commission on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“To conduct a simple search of the details of a parcel of land for\u00a0payment is a process that takes weeks, and, if you are not lucky, months,” he noted further.<\/p>\n
The President also noted the \u00a0“mysterious disappearances of indentures and other land title documents from the Lands Commission, only for them to be replaced with documents belonging to others,” \u00a0as a\u00a0marker of the corruption occurring at the commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, it appears that, for the right amount of money, any transaction, legal or illegal, can be procured at the Lands Commission.\u00a0 It is deeply regrettable that the very problems that led to the establishment of the Lands Commission and the implementation of a land administration reform programme, through the Land Administration Projects, still persist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Solutions in NPP’s promises<\/strong><\/p>\n As\u00a0a\u00a0solution to these problems, President Akufo-Addo charged the Board to look in the direction of policies contained in the New Patriotic Party\u2019s 2016 Manifesto.<\/p>\n In line with the manifesto promises, he charged the board to speed up land services and enhance the accuracy of land certificates and records by digitizing the Lands Commission’s operations.<\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo also\u00a0mandated the Board to ensure that the turnaround time for land registration was reduced to 30 working days and fully decentralise the Lands Commission to the district level to reduce the cost of land services.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a heavy charge I give to you, members of the newly constituted Board of the National Lands Commission, and it is my hope and expectation that you will ensure the full and speedy implementation of these initiatives,” the President said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Nana\u00a0Akufo-Addo\u00a0has charged the new Board of the National Lands Commission to end corruption at the Commission and streamline land acquisition\u00a0processes. The President Akufo-Addo observed that the processes of procuring land and registering land titles are also fraught with red tape. [contextly_sidebar id=”iXE9AP45y1OGsMKre8dtTGPPRfG7Giyx”]\u201cOn a daily basis, and I know I am not alone in making […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[3,6951,156],"yoast_head":"\n