Tag Archives: Lands Commission

The Lands Commission has interdicted 14 staff for their involvement in Stamp Duty fraud. The Stamp Duty fraud was detected in May 2022 when the Audit Unit of the Commission realized that the tax figures paid by some property owners for the registration of their properties failed to reflect the …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has vehemently denied that his official residence was sold to a private developer. He clarified that his residence was instead “almost sold” to a private developer. The Speaker of Parliament revealed a few days ago that his residence in Accra was sold to a …

The Lands Commission has denied a claim by the Speaker of Parliament that his official residence was nearly sold to a private developer recently. The claim by Speaker Alban Sumana Bagbin, who said he has only recently been made aware of the development, has received widespread public condemnation, amidst concerns …

A Real Estate agency, Waterstone Realty Limited has sued the Lands Commission for the demolition of a two-storey multipurpose building previously located at the current location of the National Cathedral project. The plaintiff, in its writ of summons, said the defendant, the Lands Commission in 2018 compulsorily possessed and demolished …

Civil Society Group, OccupyGhana has asked the Lands Commission to provide a date on which their request on June 2, for information on all released lands by the Commission could be received. In a letter dated June 21 addressed to the Ag. Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, OccupyGhana, indicated …

The Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye has announced that government has secured 4,500 acres of land to build more affordable houses to reduce the country’s housing deficit. According to him, under the National Affordable Housing Programme, the land secured has been earmarked for affordable housing construction at Amasaman, Amrahia …