Government does not engage land guards — Lands Ministry

Government does not engage land guards — Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has denied allegations that the government engages the services of thugs popularly called land guards to protect state lands.

A statement on Monday said the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and by extension the government employ legal processes to reclaim all encroached state lands.

“The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources by this Press Release refutes the allegations made by the Daily Post Newspaper and the Ghana web online news platform on the 17th, Day of July, 2023, on a purported statement made by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources captioned “Chief Director at the Lands Ministry reveals Ministry of Lands, Military and Police, have been contracting Land Guards” and “Government engages services of lands guards – Chief Director of Lands Ministry” respectively,” parts of the statement said.

The Ministry set the records straight that “Government and for that matter the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources does not contract the services of land guards in its operations.”

However, the Ministry through its agency, Lands Commission legally engaged the services of Aynok Holding Limited, a registered limited liability company to assist in reclaiming encroached government lands.

This engagement has been in effect since 2012.

 

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