Kwabenya Customary Land Secretariat inaugurated
A Customary Land Secretariat (CSL) has been inaugurated to improve land management and administration in Ashongman, Kwabenya, Agbogba, Haatso, Dome, Teshie and its environs.
The inauguration was done by the Nii Odai Ntow Family at Kwabenya.
The office will make it easy for one to acquire lands for development, renew old documents and pay ground rents.
The Nii Odai Ntow Family owns lands at Ashongman, Kwabenya, Agbogba, Haatso, Dome and Teshie.
Leasehold
The Nii Odai Ntow Family lands cover an area of 12,690 acres, which are leased out and not given out as freeholds.
A secretary to the family indicated that all grantees of Nii Odai Ntow Lands were required to pay ground rent (Toll) to the Nii Odai Ntow Family CSL which is functioning fully. “All ground rents would be paid to this secretariat with the permission of Office of Administrator of Stools Lands,” the secretary added.
Administration of Nii Odai Ntow Lands
The Administrator of the Office of the Administrator Of Stool Lands, Mrs Christie Esi Bobobee, commended the elders and members of Nii Odai Ntow Family for the initiative and commitment they have exhibited to ensure the establishment of the CSL.
About Customary Land Secretariat
“Customary Land Secretariats are specialised offices that are established by local owning communities, with support from the Government of Ghana, to bridge the gap in land management and administration at the local level and those undertaken by the land sector agencies,” Mrs Bobobee said.
“The secretariat is to aid customary land owners to provide information about their land to the public, keep and maintain accurate and up-to-date land records on all land-related transactions, and through this the customary landowners are characterised to settle land-related disputes that may affect development and progress in their area of jurisdiction,” she reiterated.
Mrs Bobobee indicated that the management of land and its resources by customary landowners must take the future generation into consideration.
“We must not be obsessed with the benefits and gains to us now and leave the future generation in jeopardy,” she noted.
She urged the family to ensure that all land transactions were accurately recorded and kept at the secretariat to help in all land-related discourses.