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Land title registration to take 30 days - Lands Minister-designate

Appearing before the Appointments Committee of parliament on Tuesday, Mr Amewu said the move is to address some of the numerous challenges over land administration in Ghana.

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“Land title registration takes about two years, sometimes. In accordance with our manifesto, the president said categorically that we should be able to reduce the long duration in land title registration,” he said.

Mr Amewu said he would “make sure that the period for land title registration is brought down to a minimum; a minimum of 30 days. That’s what I’m going to work towards.”

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On the issue of state lands, Mr Amewu said if he is approved, he would conduct an inventory of government lands to establish their locations and which ones have been paid compensation or not.

“Where compensation of lands have not been paid, I will try to see where we can trade land for infrastructure development and make sure that the resources granted or generated from that can be used to pay compensation to land owners,” he said.

Touching on illegal mining, John Peter Amewu assured that he will deal firmly with illegal miners without party considerations.

“If the house gives me the nod, I’m not going to take it lightly at all, if you refuse to do the right thing, the law will get you, and I am going to apply the law to address ‘galamsey’ issue in the country,” he said.

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“I’m not a minister for party executives, I am a minister for the republic of Ghana and for the purpose of intergenerational equity, we must leave something down for our generation to come and see… Irrespective of your party colour, irrespective of who owns the land, irrespective of your family background, the law will be applied,” he added.

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