Demolition Exercise To Begin At Amrahia, Mphehuasem And Nungua State Encroached Lands | General News

The Government of Ghana, through the Lands Commission administers all state –acquired and vested lands in the country.

The Lands Commission has received a number of reports with great contestation, of encroachments on state lands within Amrahia, Mpehuasem and Nungua (Borteyman) in Accra by unknown armed men. The illegality started during the festive season in December,2022 and continues to occur. These parcels under threat are parts of Government acquisitions with compensations paid;

1. State Lands (Kweiman-Amrahia – Site for Modern Diary Farm) Instrument, 1970 (EI47) with approximate area of ​​1,381,995 acres.

2. State Lands – (Accra-Mpehuasem – Site for Accra Training College) Instrument, 2009 (EI 16) with approximate area of ​​111.25 acres.

3. State Lands – (Accra-Nungua – Site for Site for Livestock Farm) Instrument, 1940 (Certificate of Title 214/40) with approximate area of ​​2,570.05 acres.
In all the acquisitions above, on the goodwill of Government, some portions of the sites have been released to the pre-acquisition owners.

Following a reconnaissance inspection of sites in Borteyman, Amanhria and Mphehuasem, the joint team of Lands Administrators and Police Officers agreed on the urgency of a more extensive exercise to recover and protect all the encroached portions including demolishing of unauthorized structures.

The Commission with the assistance of the Ghana Police Service officially starts the exercise on 17th January, 2023 to recover and protect such sites and other state-acquired areas; per section 236 of the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036),

It is expected the public would offer maximum support to the Commission as it undertakes this mandate.

Thank you.

SIGNED
JAMES E.K. DADSON
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, LANDS COMMISSION.