In a startling revelation during a recent parliamentary committee meeting, the Minority members of the Lands and Forestry Committee have accused state agencies of employing land guards to acquire and safeguard government lands.
The gravity of these allegations has sent shockwaves throughout the country, shedding light on the controversial involvement of law enforcement authorities and the need for urgent action.
Expressing their dismay at the lack of government commitment to combat land guard activities, the Deputy Ranking Member on the Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament, Alhassan Suhuyini, called a press conference to address the pressing issue.
Suhuyini emphasized the urgency of taking immediate action to rectify this matter, which not only undermines the rule of law but also threatens the security and stability of the nation.
“One would have thought that with the passage of this law to outlaw land guards, our land tenure system would have been sanitized, and we would have all been hopeful that acquiring land will no longer be a matter of life and death and so it came to us as a surprise that the Ministry has resorted to contracting a land guard to protect government lands.”
“The other shocking revelation according to the Chief Director is that even the Ghana Armed Forces and the Police use this same land guard to protect their lands. So, if the military and the police cannot protect their own lands and have to resort to the use of a land guard, then what will be the fate of the common Ghanaian who wants to acquire land and is faced with land guards?”
“What was again scandalous by the Chief Directors’ revelation is that this particular land guard has a set-up the state cannot compete,” Mr. Suhuyini stated.
