August 07
Ghana: Government Bans Lease of Public Lands By Institutions, Individuals
Cabinet has directed that no public institution or individual can lease, transfer, or change the use of public lands without written permission from the President, through the… Read more »
July 24
Ghana: State Repossession of Parks & Gardens Land Great Step
Under normal circumstances, it should not be news or all that significant if the government repossesses land wrongfully or illegally taken away from the state. Read more »
Ghana: Govt Takes Control Over Parks and Gardens Land At Cantonment - Minister
The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, says the ministry has taken full control of the Department of Parks and… Read more »
February 06
Ghana: Land Commission Improves Revenue By 12 Percent in 2023
The Land Commission has raked in a revenue of GH¢206,868,050.45 for the year of 2023, a 12 per cent increase of GH1¢74,086,675.61 for the same period of 2022. Read more »
November 08, 2023
Ghana: Prampram Traditional Area Land Management Committee Unveiled
A committee to supervise land management and administration in the Prampram Traditional Area, in the Greater Accra Region, has been inaugurated. Read more »
November 06, 2023
Ghana: Nungua Stool Invites Homeowners On Adjiringanor/Borteyman Lands to Regularise Documents Following SC Ruling
The Nungua Traditional Council has urged home owners on the Adjiringanor/Borteyman lands to have their documents regularised with the Nungua Stool. Read more »
September 20, 2023
Ghana: Towards Operational Transformation - Lands C'ssion Targets U.S.$85 Million Investment
The Lands Commission is in the process of securing US$85 million investments from a private firm to enable the roll out of technology and capacity building project for improved… Read more »
July 19, 2023
Ghana: Three Institutions Deny Hiring Land Guards to Protect Lands
Three state institutions have denied allegations by the minority caucus in Parliament of involvement in hiring of land guards to protect their lands. Read more »
July 11, 2023
Ghana: Political Leaders Seek Solution to Effutu-Gomoa Land Dispute
Political leaders in the Effutu and Gomoa areas of the Central Region, have constituted a bi-partisan committee to find lasting solution to the "escalating land dispute", with a… Read more »
July 07, 2023
Ghana: Land C'ssion, Religious Leaders Partner to Enhance Best Land Ownership Practices
The Lands Commission is courting the support of religious leaders on the promotion of compliance with the new Land Act 2020 (ACT 1036) to enhance responsible land ownership and… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Ghana: 'More Education On Protocols, Legal Procedures On Land Acquisition Needed'
Stakeholders at a symposium have called on the government to initiate moves to educate the public on the protocols and legal procedures needed in land acquisition in the country. Read more »
June 22, 2023
Ghana: Govt Leases Tamale Mark... for Urban Redevelopment Project
Government has leased a portion of the seven-acre Tamale Aboabo Timber Market land, in the Northern Region, as part of government's Urban Redevelopment Scheme. Read more »
Ghana: Lands C'ssion Organises Property Valuation Confab in Takoradi
The Land Valuation Division (LVD) of Lands Commission has opened a Property Valuation Conference in Takoradi, in the Western Region. Read more »
June 20, 2023
Ghana: Body to Handle Land Disputes, Family Conflicts in G/Accra Launched
A traditional body tasked to address land litigation and family conflicts in the Greater Accra Region has been established in Accra. Read more »
April 17, 2023
Ghana: Businessman Petitions Housing Minister Over East Legon Plot of Land
A Ghanaian businessman, Nana Osei Kyeretwie Prempeh, has petitioned the Ministry of Works and Housing over a plot of land at East Legon another business tycoon allegedly wants to… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Ghana: Fast-Track Passage of Legislation On Land Acquisition ...Parliament Urged
Participants at an IMANI Centre for Policy and Education plenary session have called on Parliament to fast-track the passage of legislation on land acquisition in the country. Read more »
April 05, 2023
Ghana: GhIS, Stakeholders Deliberate On Land Reforms
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and three other quasi-governmental organisations have resolved to build synergies to enhance the country's land reform agenda. Read more »
March 03, 2023
Ghana: Stop Cheating in Land Acquisition!!!
On Tuesday, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, expressed grave concern about the impunity with which some of his traditional leaders have involved themselves in double sale… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Ghana: Climate Caravan Educates Communities On Land, Water Security
The Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles, West Africa in collaboration with Youth Volunteers for Environment Ghana (YVE), has organised a three-day Post-Conference… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Ghana: Let's Adopt Strategy to Implement New Land Act - Colandef
Land rights advocacy group, COLANDEF has called for the development of a specific strategy for the im-plementation of the new land Act (Act 1036). Read more »
December 08, 2022
Ghana: At National Land Confab - Pres Orders Implementation of Land Law ... to Deal With Challenges With Sales
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has attributed challenges in land administration at urban areas to the customary system of land tenure. Read more »
November 18, 2022
Ghana: NHC Has Stake in Implementing New Lands Act - - Ministry
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has urged the National House of Chiefs (NHC) that traditional authorities has a stake in the implementation of the new Lands Acts aimed… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Ghana: Nungua Asafoatsemei, Clan Heads Demand Stewardship of Borteyman Lands
The Clan heads and Asafoatsemei of the Nungua Traditional Area have called on the representatives of Nungua stool and its Development Trust to account for their stewardship over… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Ghana: Strengthen Land Governance System - Partcipants
Participants at a forum on settlements and slums have called for the strengthening of land governance systems, and planning of land to include informality and housing needs to… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Ghana: *let's Embrace the New Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) to Consolidate Gains in Land Administration*
The Parliament of Ghana on December 23, 2020 passed into law a new Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036). Read more »