Nobody is above the Laws of Ghana, indeed Ghanaian Laws are applicable to all parts of Ghana without exception
When a person is enstooled to become a chief and custodian of Stool Lands, that private citizen swears an OATH to the people..
Nana Kwaku Duah became Otumfuor Osei Tutu II after swearing an oath to the Asante People and Asanteman
To be accountable to the people, respond to the people whenever they call, in the morning, afternoon, evening and even at night
Similarly, When an individual is elevated to the High Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana and Trustee of State Lands, he swears an OATH the the GHANAIAN PEOPLE; to do good by them regardless of tribe or part of Ghana.
Every Custodian of Stool Lands or Trustee of State Lands is essentially a FIDUCIARY who has an obligation to be ACCOUNTABLE to those on whose behalf he holds the LANDS and not expected to profit from the Trust Property.
Lands are usually owned by and held in trust for past, present and future generations.
Lands are not to be elienated, it is therefore unconstitutional and illegal to grant FREE HOLD LAND to non-indegenes or original Land Owners.
Lands like Mineral Resources are administered by a Lands Minister through the Lands Commission and Minerals Commission on behalf of the President who is a FIDUCIARY and TRUSTEE…
All mineral resources found on or under the Land of Ghana, anywhere belongs to the State.
When Mineral Leases are granted by the Minerals Commission and the Minister; by extension the President without prior PPROVAL OF PARLIAMENT, such leases are deemed null and void as they are unconscionable, unconstitutional and illegal
Government can by the Constitution acquire Land anywhere in Ghana, by Executive Instrument or the exercise of Eminent Domain by the President.
Such acquisition of Lands by the State, and therefore State Lands are governed by conditions clearly stated in the Ghanaian Constitution and Laws of Ghana.
Article 20 of the 1992 Constitution indicates that lands whose purpose of acquisition have changed MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS.
The New Land Law ACT 1036 in addition to the return of Lands to the Original Land owners, criminalizes multiple sale of lands and enjoins Chiefs and the State to be accountable to the people.
Unfortunately, the State under successive governments, in all its forms have bastardized the Constitution and Laws relating to Land acquisition, allocation and ownership because State Actors, their friends, family and business associates want to steal prime lands.
The long list of beneficiaries of the fraudulent allocations included Chief Justices [Sophia Akuffo, Georgina Woode] and judges [including Prof. Ashie Kotey, Justice A.K.B. Kludze, Afua Kuenyehia],
Presidents and many Ministers including Senior Ministers (JH Mensah and Yaw Osafo Marfo, plot 3 – 5th Circular Rd), Speaker (Rt. Hon. Sekyi-Hughes) and several MPs, security Chiefs including IGP (P. K. Acheampong plot 14 – 5th Circular Rd, Brig. Gen. R. O. Sackey unnumbered plot at Cantoments),
Chiefs [Asanteman Council plot C8 Cantoments, Nana Kaku Duahplot C73 Cantoments and Okyehene], Civil Society Organisations [The IEA plot C39 Cantoments],statesmen [Sam Jonah plot C4 Cantonments, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey unnumbered plots at Cantoments, Sam Garbrah, Ivor Agyeman Dua, Dr. Wereko-Brobbey, Philip Randolph, Dr. Osei Akoto, Freddy Blay, Stephen Ntim, Fred Oware, Nana Kwame Ofori-Atta, Frank Mpare, K. K. Sarpong, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, Richard Anane, Theresa Tagoe, Shirley Ayorkor Botwe, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Stanley Adjiri Blankson, Addo Kufuor, Atta Akyea among others]
Diplomats [Segun Ogusenya] and International Community, multinational and local companies [Zoomlion plot 14 Ambassador Hotel Planning Scheme]…
Hundreds of people, companies close to then President Kufuor made easy money when they were handpicked and illegally gifted State Bungalows on PRIME LA LANDS by President Kufuor (The TRUSTEE of State Lands) in 2007.
Paupers were made instant millionaires when they were allocated very expensive PRIME LANDS illegally and fraudulently by the Lands Commission, these protocol allocations of State Lands to private persons and entities were made between 2003 – 2008 without any terms of payment.
Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo paid a poultry GHc7000 for land fraudulently allocated her in Cantoments worth millions…
Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode did not pay a dime for PRIME MULTI-MILLION AIRPORT LAND which she exchanged with her cheap land at Akweteyman, she was called on phone to given the land which now housing Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry just because she was Chief Justice of Ghana…
Can the La Stool expect justice in a court headed by such Chief Justices?
The Asantehene, the Okyehene and one Nana Kwaku Duah were gifted the plush Cantoments Ghana @50 Mansions at the AU Village under circumstances that DON’T make sense.
The remainder of the Civil Aviation lands at Cantoments is currently being stolen by persons closely related to the President.
When Land Leases or allocations such as indicated above, are granted by the Lands Commission and the Minister; under the authority of the trustee president without prior approval of parliament.
Such leases or allocations are deemed null and void as they are unconscionable, unconstitutional and illegal.
Parliament are the representatives of PEOPLE, without their approval any such alienation of Lands or Mineral Resources of Ghana are of no consequence.
It is therefore surprising that the Lands Ministry and Lands Commission have signed a contract with a notorious Landguard
Clemence Gyato and his vigilante Anyok Holdings to reclaim State Acquired Lands and be paid with a portion of such LA LANDS.
The military and other Security Services have also been (ab)used as landguards.
PRIME LANDS ARE BEING STOLEN by persons closely related to the President in the name of the Military, as is unfolding at KPLETSO.
The difficulty of the Lands Minister Abu Jinapor to make public the Report on the KPLETSOO LANDS as he promised on the floor of Parliament to do by the end of June, 2021 is obvious…
The failure of the Military High Command to make public the Report on the shooting and assault of journalists and citizens of LA at KPLETSOO by the Military, is also obvious…
The Loud silence on the Kpletsoo land of Akuffo Addo; who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces and Trustee of State Lands is obvious.
It is obvious what needs to be done.
          ACCOUNTABILITY
It is imperative to retrieve all the fraudulently allocated lands, the immediate return of the lands to the La Stool and the creation of a transparent system to guarantee accountability going forward;
The system must synchronize the digitized maps and documents of the Lands Commission with the La Stool Lands Database which must have oversight of all Lands and Trust Lands to ensure concurrent approval of land leases..
Ghanians must be citizens and not Spectators and immediately demand that President Akufo Addo and Abu Jinapor keep their promise to RETURN ALL LANDS TO THE ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS.
Ghana is a REPUBLIC and every Republic has no Kingdoms within…
There are NO KINGS in the Republic of Ghana.
Let NOBODY assume a Primus inter Paris or a misplaced Superiority Complex in the Republic of Ghana.
Let NOBODY assume a Primus inter Paris or a misplaced Superiority Complex…
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