The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has described the allegations of the sale or lease of certain state lands to cronies of the Akufo-Addo administration as false.
The statement issued by the Ministry was in response to claims made by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) had claimed that there was an ongoing sale of state lands by the government to officials of the state and other cronies.
He specifically accused the government of selling lands belonging to institutions such as the Dubois Centre at Cantonments, Park and Gardens at Cantonments and Wa, the Judicial Service at Cantonments, and the Prisons Service at Roman Ridge to its cronies.
But the Ministry says the allegations by the MP are false and should be ignored.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the lease and/or sale of the land at Roman Ridge, allocated to the Prison Service, the subject matter of the Member of Parliament’s allegation, was made in the year 2005, and certainly not under the current administration.
“The allegations that the said land has been granted by the current administration to cronies in what has been described as state capture are, therefore, false.”
“The land occupied by the Du Bois Centre was acquired in 1897 by a Certificate of Title, dated 20th December 1897 for Government purposes.
“The site is currently being occupied by the Du Bois Centre, and the Lands Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has no pending application for the grant of this parcel of land to any third party.”
Below is the full statement from the Ministry
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
