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Ghana is expected to realise the full benefits of its land reforms agenda in the next 20 years from the start of its implementation.
This is the projection made by the Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kwame Gyan.
Speaking to
Newsfile host, Samson Lardy Anyenini Saturday, he said Ghana’s land reforms which began in 2003, are long term initiatives whose benefits will take time to manifest.
“The World Bank put in a lot of money to help Ghana fix the land administration system. But land reforms are long term national objectives. If you want to reap the dividends of a proper land reform agenda, you should be looking towards not less than two decades before you can really feel that something has changed on the ground. You are not looking at anything below 15 years,” he said.
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Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kwame Gyan says it is now more dangerous for chiefs to sell lands under their jurisdiction without accountability.
According to him, the new Land Act, 2020 bars traditional rulers from taking unilateral and discriminate decisions with regards to lands held in their trust.
Speaking to
Newsfile host, Samson Lardy Anyenini Saturday, the land administration expert indicated that the state has an inherent interest in how clan, family and stool lands are utilised to the benefit of the concerned groups.
“They can’t randomly and wantonly dissipate the lands like they used to do in the past. If you’re the head of family, occupant of a skin, chief or head of a clan, you can’t no longer go on business as usual.