The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has asked the reconstituted Northern Regional Lands Commission to prioritize education on the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) for effective land administration.
During the inauguration of the 23-member Northern Regional Lands Commission in Tamale,;the Minister said the inauguration of the Commission comes on the back of the passage of the land Act 2020.
The Act is a comprehensive law that revises,;harmonizes and consolidates all existing laws on land for sustainable land administration, management and effective land tenure.
According to the Lands Minister,;the exponential growth of Tamale, imposes lots of responsibility on the Regional Lands Commission, hence,;the need for the Regional Lands Commission to work closely with other relevant bodies to ensure that access to land does not become a hindrance to the Region’s development.
Mr. Jinapor also tasked the Commission to put in appropriate measures to help government achieve its aim of reducing turnaround time for the registration of land to a maximum of thirty days.
Savannah and North East region to depend on Northern region
Moreover, Mr. Jinapor indicated that two new regions, namely Savannah and North East will depend on the Northern Regional Lands Commission for documents in those regions. He then called for their assistance in that regard.
“You must assist and collaborate with them to avoid duplicity of transactions and registrations.”
Samuel Jinapor
Also speaking at the inauguration, the Northern Regional Minister,;Shani Alhassan Saibu, pleaded with all stakeholders to work together and also;support government to achieve desired goals in Land Administration in the region.
“Let us continue to support government interventions in the Land Sector.”
Samuel Jinapor
Inauguration of Lands Commission offices
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resource has over the past week been inaugurating regional Lands Commission offices across the 16 regions in the country.
The inauguration and the reconstitution of the Committees, the ministry says, is in accordance with the Lands commission Act of 2008, (Act 767) to help take care of land related issues in the various regions across the country.
So far, all of the regional commissions have been duly reconstituted. The new regions also have a new commission established for their various operations.
Collaboration needed in land administrative chain
The Deputy lands minister, Benito Owusu-Bio as part of the inauguration, also represented the lands minister today, July, 27, 2021 at the Bono East inauguration where he reiterated the need for collaboration among the institution in the land administrative chain.
He urged for the interest of the region and the country to remain supreme over any other interest.
“Mr. Chairman, I urge the members to collaborate with the management of the Regional Lands Commission Secretariat to find solutions to the land sector problems confronting the region. The Commission members should consider themselves as partners with the Management, so that when a new Regional Lands Commission is inaugurated four years from now, you would have reason to celebrate your accomplishments.”
Benito Owusu-Bio
