Land Administration Project intensifies education

Speaking at the workshop at Mankessim, Mrs Sarah Antwi-Boasiako, Social Development and Gender Specialist, said the workshops were to sensitise women to land management and use.

Mrs Antwi-Boasiako also said land issues were thorny and often led to litigations in the country, therefore there was the need for women who formed the greater part of the population to be made aware of the land project.

 She urged women to take interest in land issues as a means of preparing the ground for their children.

Mr Kweku Sersah-Johnson, Communication and Public Outreach Specialist of Land Administration, said the second phase of the land project was aimed at consolidating the gains made under the phase one by deepening the reforms and strengthening land administration and management systems for efficient and transparent service delivery.

 He said it also aimed at improving the Deeds and Title Registration Systems in terms of security and reduction of turnround time for service delivery.

 Mr Yaw Aboagye-Kyei, Central Regional Lands Officer, appealed to landowners not to allow people they had sold or released lands to, to prepare indentures for such lands.

 He said delays in the registration of indentures were due to improper preparation of the indentures; for example, using the names of people who did not need to sign the document.

Mr Aboagye-Kyei said family lands could not be given out to the children of family members.

Nana Ama Amissah III, Queen of Mankessim Traditional Area, expressed concern about the increasing number of quack surveyors in the area and suggested that one chief and one queen from the traditional area should be made to serve on the Lands Board. - GNA