The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has strongly refuted claims made by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, regarding the alleged sale or lease of state lands to associates of the Akufo-Addo administration.
In response to Ablakwa’s accusations, which included claims of land transactions involving properties such as the Dubois Centre in Cantonments, Park and Gardens in Cantonments and Wa, Judicial Service facilities in Cantonments, and Prisons Service facilities in Roman Ridge, the Ministry issued a statement categorically denying these allegations 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.”
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