THE Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Henry Ford Kamel, has urged officials of the Lands Commission not to frustrate their clients.
He said reforms in the land sector were being carried out to reduce or completely eradicate problems in the sector.
Addressing the staff of the Western Regional Lands Commission in Sekondi, he said “the reforms will work if those responsible for their implementation work hard.”
Mr Kamel stressed the need for collaboration between assemblies and the Land Commission to ensure that land development in the regions did not create additional social cost.
“The commission must always put its clients and the public at the centre of its operations and one of the key objectives was to reduce bureaucracy, inefficiencies and frustration of the public”, he said.
According to him, if such irregularities associated with registration of land transactions were removed, they would improve security of tenure for those who acquired land.
Mr Kamel said with the discovery of oil in the region, land issues in the area had become important.
The deputy minister said the effective implementation of the provision, in collaboration with the planning authority, would go a long way to speed up attempts at protecting the country’s waterways.
“The regional land commissions should therefore collaborate effectively with the assemblies to ensure that land development does not create additional social cost”, he stated.
Mr Kamel also advised land owners in the region to be careful when disposing of their lands.
He urged the regional land Commission to closely regulate land disposal in the region.
The deputy minister said his ministry was mindful of the numerous functions enshrined in the commission’s Act 2008, but he was hopeful that the team in region would perform creditably.
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