Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana

SOCIAL

Lands Commission inaugurates Office in Ahafo

The Lands Commission has inaugurated its regional office in the Ahafo Region with the aim of decentralizing its work and bringing land registration process to the door step of its clients in the area.

Date Created : 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Felix Dugbenu/Ghanadistricts.com

At the inauguration ceremony, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio observed the exercise was a constitutional mandate for the Commission to establish its offices in all the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana to facilitate the Commission’s decentralisation agenda.

He emphasized the commission's role in management of public lands vested in government by the constitution for development and called on local authorities and stakeholders to use the appropriate procedures to register their land.

"With the digitized and state of the art facilities now, processing of documents will be fast, efficient and thereby reduce delays associated with manual processing', he opined.

The Deputy Minister expressed satisfaction that the suffering of clients traveling to Sunyani to process their land title documents was going to be a thing of the past and called for support of all stakeholders for the smooth and efficient operation of the office.

The Regional Director of the Commission, Mr Joseph Arthur for his part, pledged the commission's readiness to ensure efficient and effective decentralization of land administration systems that could boost investors’ confidence in these regions.

He noted the office was fully furnished with all the necessary tools and equipment to achieve its mandate and called for collaboration with stakeholders.

The occasion was graced by Heads of Department, Traditional Authorities, the Media and a section of the general public.