Under the implementation of the current Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036), lands that have been vested in the state would be returned to their rightful owners, according to Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio, a deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources.
He explained that the law required the Lands Commission to come up with mechanisms for returning vested lands to their rightful owners within six months of the bill’s enactment.
Mr. Owusu indicated that the national committee had already been constituted to come up with measures for the restoration of vested lands to their rightful owners when he inaugurated the Bono Regional Lands Commission in Sunyani last Tuesday.
Nevertheless, he added that properties purchased by the state for developmental purposes were distinct from lands held in trust by the state on behalf of their owners and as such, were not part of the lands that would be restored to their rightful owners as stated in Act 1036.
He also raised the problem of agents purporting to be working on the instructions of traditional authorities selling land indiscriminately without respect for authorized planning schemes and urged the commission to resolve such concerns and establish a harmonious relationship among participants.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Ben-Dave A. Osei-Bonsu
