Government not selling State Lands to cronies – Abu Jinapor

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has categorically denied the sale or lease of certain state lands to cronies of the Akufo-Addo administration.

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, raised alarm about the sale of state lands, accusing the current government of selling lands belonging to institutions such as the Dubois Center at Cantonments, Park and Gardens at Cantonments and Wa, Judicial Service at Cantonments, and Prisons Service at Roman Ridge to its cronies.

However, in a statement, the Ministry vehemently denied the allegations, describing them as “false”.

“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.”