Digitization of land title and registration will overcome many problems

Speaking at a national symposium organised by theMinistry of Lands and Natural Resourcesin collaboration with other land use administrators in Accra on Wednesday, 23rd June, 2021 Dr Bawumia emphasised the key role digitization is expected to play in the implementation of the new Land Act to ensure sanity and security in land administration.

This participation, he stressed, would go a long way in improving efficiency and increasing the internally generated resources.” Reminding participants that laws in themselves do not resolve problems, Dr Bawumia charged all stakeholders, including the Ministry, Lands Commission, Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands, Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority and traditional authorities to ensure the application of the laws and their effective implementation to achieve the desired changes in the land sector.

We are digitizing the land registry to address the issues of multiple titles issued for the same parcel of land, missing documents and other matters bedeviling the administration of land in Ghana,” he stated.

“Therefore, as part of the digitization agenda of the Government, I have established in my office a Liaison Unit which is fervently working to assist the Lands Commission and theMinistry of Lands and Natural Resourcesin expediting the digitization of its processes.” In addition to harmonizing existing laws the Act, which received Presidential Assent on 23rd December, 2020, provides for the repeal of 13 land related Acts, which in turn result in the repeal of orders/rules and regulations that emanate from these repealed laws.

“To address these critical challenges in the land sector and to optimize the contribution of land to the socio-economic development of Ghana, the Government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is committed to change through the application of technology..

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