Government Policy is inferior to the Laws and Constitution of Ghana:

The Lands Commission and by extention the Lands Ministry on the Joy FM Super Morning Show claimed that it is government policy to give back some of the acquired lands for a fee, Regularisation and Penalties paid by “encroachers”.

Pre-acquisition owners per Article 20 of the Constitution have rights and responsibilities in relation to the acquisition of Land and release of Land by government.

The Lands Commission further claimed that Government lands are attractive because of the way the Lands are managed and records kept.

The Lands Minister, however, said that the Lands Commission records are unreliable because the staff take the documents home and falsify the ownership of Land.

State Lands fraudulently allocated by criminally-minded officials of the Lands Commission to Private persons especially State Actors, their families, friends and business associates.

It will be recalled that Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo paid GHc7000 for prime Cantonments State Land worth millions together with hundreds of other beneficiaries of the fraudulent allocation of State Lands which was described by two former Lands Ministers Inussah Fuseini and Peter Amewu as Kelewele and Toffee Sweetheart deals.

It will also be recalled that Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode was forced to return the International Students Hostel Land which was fraudulently allocated to her and several other high profile personalities; which was subsequently used to build the Foreign Affairs Head Office Complex to replace the burnt office at the Ministries area.

The Lands Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor has been lamenting on national television that the people who are revered in our society drive around on weekends looking for State Lands and Bungalows with little or no activity then come to his office to pressure him to allocate these prime lands to them.

The demolition of the buildings to facilitate the ill-fated Cathedral Project resulted in the relocation of displaced judges and an embassy to prime La Lands at Cantonments and Airport; thus the La Stool is expected to lose prime land in two prime areas without any proper compensation as a result of this singular act of indiscretion by the President.

Regularisation of Land for 50years for periods in the case of a Ghanaian…

Regularisation has become synonymous with STATE SPONSORED STEALING OF STATE LANDS.

The Lands Commission admits to alterations of Executive Instruments used in acquisition of Land by the State;

In fact, in the case of the Tradefair even protection clauses were removed during the illegal alteration of the Executive Instrument used for the Tradefair Acquisition.

Ammendments to Executive Instruments for acquisition of Land must be done exclusively by the President and at all time be predicated on a “Return and Reacquire” two-step process.

The Complicity of the Courts has been established through acts of commission and omission by various officers of the Courts;

Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode and several Judges, Lawyers by their conduct have eroded the presumed neutrality and independent of the court in Land cases particularly in relation to La Lands which have been looted by persons close to the President, the Legislture and the Judiciary.

Prosecution of occupiers and Land Looters is very selective lest many high profile personalities should have been in jail over the Looting of La and State Lands.

The Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission confirmed that the Ministry of Lands has signed an illegal agreement with the notorious Landguard Clemence Gyato and his Vigilante Anyok Holdings to reclaim encroached State Lands and be paid with portions of the State Lands which is shared with some government officials.

The government policy of using middle-men or Goro-Boys whenever government want to release Land and with the other takeover the Lands to be shared among cronies must be halted immediately.

The Criminal Cantonments Civil Aviation Landgrab, the Tradefair Redevelopment Project Landgrab and others must be investigated immediately by the Special Prosecutor.

THE LANDS STOLEN IN THE NAME OF THE MILITARY ESPECIALLY KPLETSO REQUIRE A PUBLIC ENQUIRY.

Lands Commissionsaid on the Joy FM Super Morning Show that it has no record of the infamous Sir John Achimota Forest Land, Adenta, Sakumor Ramsar site and Estuary listed in his will;

The Lands Commission Regional Lands Officer, Timothy Anyidoho was untruthful when he stated that the Civil Aviation Lands were given to pre-acquisition owners.

FACT:
The La Traditional Council is not the pre-acquisition owners of any La Lands, beaches or property and consequently THE TRADITIONAL COUNCIL LACKS THE LOCUS TO SUE or BE SUED IN ANY LAND CASE as previously determined in the Courts.

Any erroneous assumption by Government, either by the President (Lawyer), the Lands Minister (Lawyer) or the Lands Commission also headed by a lawyer to the above effect, thus purporting to convey any La Land to or through the La Traditional Council rather than to the La Stool through the La Mantse or in his absence the La Jaase [STOOL] will constitute an illegality.

THE FRAUDULENT CIVIL AVIATION LANDS TRANSACTION ARE DEEMED VOID.

The Adenta Civil Aviation Lands is being fronted by the notorious Landguard Clemence Gyato on behalf of persons in government.

The Cantonments Civil Aviation Land is being fronted by one Lawrence Sackitey for the Lands Minister(s) and other beneficiaries of the illegal transaction.

The Lands Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor has failed to make public any report on investigations he commissioned into the fraudulent Land transactions undertaken by his predecessor Kwaku Asoma-Cheremeh.

The Reports on the Kpletso Lands being stolen by the Military and the Civil Aviation Authority Lands must immediately be made public.

THE STATUS OF ALL STATE ACQUIRED LANDS NUST BE MADE AVAILABLE.

ACT 1036 must be applied, all the land transactions are by law expected to be transparent and all fiduciaries are expected by law to be accountable…

ACT 1036 has a deterrent of stiff fines and long imprisonment.

The President as Trustee of State Lands and the Lands Minister(s) and the Lands Commission acting on his behalf are not above the Laws of Ghana and the Constitution of Ghana.

The President as Trustee of State Lands and the Lands Minister(s) and the Lands Commission thus cannot pretend that any government policy and illegal conventions become legal over time even when they are contrary to the Laws and Constitution of Ghana.

I, PRINCE-DEREK ADJEI [LA ROYAL], HEREBY CHALLENGE the President, his Lands Minister and the Lands Commission to MAKE PUBLIC A STATUS REPORT ON ALL so-called STATE ACQUIRED LANDS; particularly La Lands with all relevant documents for public scrutiny.

STAY TUNED.

By Prince-Derek Adjei