Land Ministry improbable to give information on state lands moved to people beginning around 2017 - Samuel Abu Jinapor
Serve for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor expresses because of the huge volume of information on state lands moved to private people in Accra starting around 2017, it very well might be unimaginable for the Ministry to give data on such matters during the lifetime of this Parliament.
Showing up before the House on Wednesday to address inquiries from the Members of Parliament, Samuel Abu Jinapor said just 10% of data on state lands in Accra have been digitized.
This, he said will make it hard to give replies on such matters essentially till the finish of this eighth Parliament.
"Just 10% of information in the Greater Accra Region has been checked and digitized, the excess 90% are physically produced and handled. Officials of the Lands Commission, accordingly, need to physically go through volumes of records to assemble the information.
Serve for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor
"I should, nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, add openly that I have been prompted by the Lands Commission that with the volume of work associated with this activity, it could be close to difficult to assemble this information basically during the lifetime of this Parliament," he said on the floor of the House.
Be that as it may, Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Kwame Agbodza communicated shock over the Minister's reaction to the inquiry.
He asserted the Minister is essentially attempting to dodge responsibility.
"I'm completely stunned by the responses given by the Minister. The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources is bombing this country in that he is unequipped for giving information on landed property having a place with the public authority which had then been moved to people or elements and furthermore had remuneration paid in Greater Accra Region alone.
"You can represent 7 million trees across the entire nation yet you can't count a few landed properties that have been moved inside Greater Accra. That is a wonder, Mr. Minister," he said.
OccupyGhana demands data on undeniably let public terrains out of Lands Commission
Common Society Organizations have as of late required the public authority to give responsibility on state lands moved to private people.
This was after it arisen that the previous Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, prevalently known as Sir John has handed down parts of the Achimota Forest terrains to certain people.
OccupyGhana in a press proclamation in May asked the Lands Minister to begin a public investigation into all state lands got back to pre-procurement proprietors since the approaching to being of the fourth Republican Constitution on January 7, 1993.
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