The
Ministry
of
Lands
and
Natural
Resources
has
categorically
denied
the
sale
or
lease
of
certain
state
lands
to
cronies
of
the
Akufo-Addo
administration.
The
Member
of
Parliament
for
North
Tongu,
Samuel
Okudzeto
Ablakwa,
raised
alarm
about
the
sale
of
state
lands,
accusing
the
current
government
of
selling
lands
belonging
to
institutions
such
as
the
Dubois
Center
at
Cantonments,
Park
and
Gardens
at
Cantonments
and
Wa,
Judicial
Service
at
Cantonments,
and
Prisons
Service
at
Roman
Ridge
to
its
cronies.
However,
in
a
statement,
the
Ministry
vehemently
denied
the
allegations,
describing
them
as
“false”.
“For
the
avoidance
of
doubt,
the
lease
and/or
sale
of
the
land
at
Roman
Ridge,
allocated
to
the
Prison
Service,
the
subject
matter
of
the
Member
of
Parliament’s
allegation,
was
made
in
the
year
2005,
and
certainly
not
under
the
current
administration.
“The
allegations
that
the
said
land
has
been
granted
by
the
current
administration
to
cronies
in
what
has
been
described
as
state
capture
are,
therefore,
false.”
“The
land
occupied
by
the
Du
Bois
Centre
was
acquired
in
1897
by
a
Certificate
of
Title,
dated
20th
December
1897
for
Government
purposes.
“The
site
is
currently
being
occupied
by
the
Du
Bois
Centre,
and
the
Lands
Commission
and
the
Ministry
of
Lands
and
Natural
Resources
has
no
pending
application
for
the
grant
of
this
parcel
of
land
to
any
third
party.”
Click
here
to
read
the
full
statement
by
the
Lands
Ministry
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