Double sale of lands on the rise – Lands Commission warn

So in this case they are not seized with the capacity to transact and if you are holding land as a family or clan the person who has the capacity to grant is the accredited head of the family and he must have the approval of the principal elders of the family.

There are licensed surveyors, planners, valuers, land administrators within the private sector so you don’t treat land as if you are going to the market to buy cassava because the interest in lands is perpetual ”.

He also noted, “In Accra we are beginning to find out that even families and clans which are supposed to own lands are mutating; within the same family several branches of them will be selling the same piece of lands at different times.

The Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission of Ghana, Alhaji Sulemana Mahama, speaking on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM warned, the commission will not countenance such behavior from so-called land owners..

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