Digitization of land title and registration will overcome many problems

Speaking at a national symposium organised by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in 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.

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.

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 "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.

"I am particularly excited that Electronic Conveyancing, which can only be realized by establishing a robust digitized land sector agency, has been incorporated in the Land Act..

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