Poor Land Administration Is Retarding Growth And Investment In Ghana

Land administration in Ghana is a significant setback for investment. For a long time, this has been one of Ghana’s major concern with a huge impact on investors. Issues encompassing landed properties continues to come up, and this is truly costing the country its economic turn of events.

Along these lines, got caught in the midst of ownership contestations affecting economic development. Many concerned individuals, including Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, are deeply concerned about this. As a result, she has urged stakeholders, including traditional leaders, to take the effects into consideration.

The Chief Justice expressed this in Ho in Volta region of Ghana on Thursday November 30 while opening the ‘2023 Chief Justice Forum’. She asked the traditional leaders to work with the judicial service to create a database of all land ownership so that cases could be resolved quickly.

“Allow me on this occasion to touch on an aspect of justice delivery that is presenting huge blockade to the administration of justice and investment within our society – The subject of land administration. The subject of the proper administration of land and ownership has now become an extremely sour point, that the courts need the active attention of our houses of chiefs and ethnic leaderships on.

“When evidence is compromised by inconsistencies, contradictions and alleged parallel lines of leadership, investors become trapped within these consistencies and contradictions. They are carried over to courts to resolve issues that have arisen out of these inconsistencies and contradictions, and citizens, who only wish to plan their lives and pursue wealth creation, becomes victims of the pains caused by unclear land ownership lines.

“It is my deep and sincere cry to the houses of chiefs to begin to pay close attention to creating clear records of ownership of lands within the various paramountcies – whether the land ownership is vested in families, clans or stools.

“As custodians of customs, please allow the courts to look to you for support in building this pillar of justice-a database of land ownership in our country. This will assist in early and prompt resolution of what has become an almost excruciating path of justice delivery, and a huge disincentive to investments in the country for both citizens and foreigners, individuals and corporate bodies alike.

“This situation is clearly shaking the ethical foundations of economic growth of our country, and we must pay attention to it,” she said.

The topic of the Chief Justice Forum was: “Building the Pillars of Justice,” and included traditional leaders and civil society organizations among other stakeholders.

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