Committee working on the land dispute between La Traditional Council and La Youth at one side and the Ghana Armed Forces has finished its work and it is expected to present the report to the Government by June ending.
The Committee, chaired by the Member of Parliament for Atwima-Nwabiagya North and Deputy-Minister Designate for Lands and Natural Resources Benito Owusu-Bio has been tasked to resolve the long standing conflict between the Military and the custodians of La lands located, in and around Tse Addo, Cantonment, Burma Camp, etc in Greater Accra.
Responding to a Parliamentary question, asked by MP for La Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, on ‘what steps the Ministry has taken so far and what further steps the Ministry plans to take to resolve the issues of land dispute between the Military and the La Traditional Council as well as the Youth of La’, The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor said, “The Committee is done with its work and is preparing its report for the consideration of Government”.
According to him, “I should happily inform the House that even though this matter is yet to be resolved, the two parties, namely, the La Traditional Council and the Ghana Armed Forces have exhibited a high level of cooperation, constructiveness and seem to be engaging in good faith. It is my expectation that the Committee will submit its report by the end of this month, June, 2021, and, hopefully, out of which, we should be able to resolve, conclusively, all the long standing issues in controversy”.
He stressed the point that, “whatever decision the government will eventually come to ought to be motivated by the law and the established facts, and should be capable of standing rigorous scrutiny”.
The La Traditional Council, over the years, has submitted a number of petitions to the government for the release of some lands in Burma-Camp, and other parts of Accra being occupied by the Ghana Armed Forces.
The Minister asserted that, “indeed, there are several such petitions outstanding across the country as we are all aware, matters relating to compulsory acquisition of land have been a subject of extensive controversy and complexities, from the colonial government to date”.
Story filed by Edzorna Francis Mensah
