Ghana Lands Commission: Buying Property in Ghana
The Lands Commission was set up by the lands commission (Act
483) to manage public lands efficiently, advice and facilitates
good land delivery system in the country through proper documentation
and good records keeping so as contributing to the socio-economic
development of the nation.
Lands Commission in Ghana
Government policy is geared towards improving the efficiency,
effectiveness, transparency, and responsiveness of the civil
and public service to meet the needs, wishes and desire of
their client, customers and stakeholders. It seeks further
to create mechanism for fair and prompt consideration of complaints.
It is with this in mind that the procedures and processes
for service delivery have been reviewed and restructured and
the processing stages shortened to facilitate prompt service
delivery. Now let's get started and learn all about the Commission.
Lands Commission: Functions & Responsibilities
The Lands Commission, in coordination with other public Agencies
and Governmental institutions, perform the following functions:
- Manage public (state/government) lands and any lands
vested in the president in trust for respective stools and
families.
- Advise the government, local authorities and traditional
authorities on the policy framework for development of particular
areas in
- Ghana to ensure that the development of individual pieces
of land is coordinated with the relevant development plan
of the area concerned.
- Formulate and submit to government recommendations on
national policy with respect to land use and capacity.
- Advise on, and assist in the executive of a comprehensive
programme for the registration of title to land throughout
Ghana in consultation with the title Registration Advisory
Board.
- Provide information on land transaction to guide operation
of the land.
- Compulsory acquisition of land for government (LI 230
1962.)
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