Digital client service access unit inaugurated at Volta Regional office of Lands Commission
A digital Client Service Access Unit has been inaugurated in Ho for the Volta Regional office of the Lands Commission.
It was inaugurated on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
This has enabled the deployment of the Enterprise Land Information System of the commission in the Volta Region.
The digital platforms are meant to facilitate easy and fast tracing of land documents for clients of the commission and boost service delivery.
A US-based Ghanaian, Francis Tay financially supports the move.
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, who inaugurated the platform, said for far too long, accessing services from the Lands Commission was difficult.
“Long journeys to the offices, unclear requirements, lost files, uncertainty about the status of an application bred disputes, slow investments, and eroded public confidence in the commission,” he said.
Alhaji Sulemana said the unit, as front door of the Lands Commission, had finally arrived to address those challenges.
He said citizens, chiefs, clans, families, investors, lawyers, and individuals could now ask questions in plain language about land registration, surveys, valuations, and state lands, submit applications and track their progress without stress.
Touching on the Enterprise Land Information System (ELIS), he said for decades, land records were trapped on paper, in different offices, vulnerable to damage and delay but ELIS had come to change that.
Regional Minister
In a speech read on his behalf earlier, the Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu said land was a heritage to traditional authorities and local assemblies, supporting farming, tourism, housing and commerce.
He said ELIS would now give better maps, faster searches, and clearer records in those areas.
“But we need your (staff) partnership to help to sensitize our people, to support boundary work, and use this system to plan for development,” said the regional minister.
Mr Gunu urged the people of the Volta Region to patronize the services of the Lands Commission to secure and protect their lands for themselves and generation yet unborn.
The Regional Lands Commission Chairman, Divine Fiakpui-Dzahini said the commission needed a new office complex to boost its output.
“We also need support to demarcate state lands in the region,” he further appealed.
Meanwhile, Mr Fiakpui-Dzahini said as a result of unpaid compensations, landowners were going back onto the lands which were taken from them by the government.
