The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ningo-Prampram District Assembly, Mr.Al-Latif Tetteh Amanor has disclosed that the Assembly is standing firm toward ending land litigation.
What is land litigation? It is a dispute that arises when two or more parties believe that they are the rightful owners of a piece of land. These disputes can arise mainly through family feuds, abuse of power by government officials, corruption amongst chiefs and stool bearers
In a Town Hall Meeting in Prampram organized by the Ningo Prampram District Assembly, “we have initiated policies to deal with land-related crimes in the district” Mr. Amanor.
He (DCE) said the litigation emanated from individuals and families ending up using illegitimate means to acquire the lands.
He, therefore, stated when he took office as DCE he had engaged various stakeholders in the district in ways to end land disputes and make the area peaceful and assured residents that land litigation would be outdated.
“Lands in the area were now expensive and people who sold them for peanut and either wanted their lands back or engaged in multiple sales” he stated.
He urged landowners in the area to avoid multiple sales of lands but protect them for future development due to the current decongestion in Accra and other parts of the country.
Mr. Amanor advised residents and traditional leaders to refrain from operations and activities that had the tendency of causing land disputes in the area.
BY : YESU SUANI KWABENA MATHEW