President Akuffo Addo has directed the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, to implement the Land Act 2020 which has a strong foundation for fashioning out workable and efficient land administration.
The implementation of the Act, the President said, will go a long way to ensure effective land administration in Ghana.
The President speaking at the Maiden Land Conference in Accra noted that the customary system of land ownership has been a challenge to effective land administration.
He therefore called for a critical look at the land administration system in Ghana and develop a module that works for the nation.
In a related development, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio said
the New Land Act (Act 1036) 2020 requires the concerted efforts of all stakeholders to embrace the provisions of the act and to harness it’s benefits.
He made this statement when the National Lands Commission went to educate and sensitize the members of the National House of Chiefs on the New Land Act (Act 1036).
Hon. Benito indicated that in as much as the Act seeks to address some of the most pressing issues in land administration in Ghana, “the Act cannot act in isolation, it requires the concerted efforts of all stakeholders in the implementation of the provisions in the Act and enable us to enjoy from the numerous benefits that it presents”
He noted that one way of ensuring the involvement of all, is to organize sensitization workshops for stakeholders to know the provisions of the Act, while highlighting the major solutions that it presents for the numerous challenges facing the land sector.
He told the Chiefs that as custodians of about 80% of Ghana’s lands, the National House of Chiefs, and traditional authorities for that matter, are undoubtedly the biggest and most important stakeholders in the realisation of the provisions of the Lands Act.
