|
One-stop-shop Land Administration office to open
Accra, Jan 30, Ghanadot/GNA- A systematic
satellite land title office was inaugurated in Accra on
Wednesday, to serve as a one-stop-shop where property owners
could register their properties.
The pilot satellite office, sited at Cantonments falls under
the Land Administration Project initiated by the Ministry of
Lands, Forestry and Mines to ensure that all properties
within the Labone/Cantonments residential area were
registered by the end of March this year as well as improve
deeds and title registration in the country.
The Project involves the systematic survey and preparation
of plans for all the parcels in the area, a house-to-house
exercise to request property owners to complete the
registration forms, the publication of the application and
the issuance of the title certificates to the property
owners.
Ms Esther Obeng-Dapaah, the sector Minister who inaugurated
the new office, said the Project would help correct the
current system where title certificates were issued as and
when property owners presented their document to the Land
Title Registry.
She said "This is sporadic in nature and does not allow a
systematic approach to title registration, leaving gaps in
the land register which does not allow the full benefits of
title registration to be realised."
Ms Obeng-Dapaah explained that the new project would provide
the mechanism and methodology for developing efficient and
cost effective registration system, adding that, it would
help fill the gaps in the register and ensure security of
title within particular areas.
Ms Obeng-Dapaah announced that the Ministry had fixed a flat
rate of 50 Ghana cedis per property for the entire
registration process, from the presentation of application
to the issuance of titles.
She indicated that the second pilot location was at Osu,
where the satellite office would commence operation by
February 18 this year while plans were also far advanced to
start a similar exercise in Kumasi.
To indicate that the office was ready to do business, seven
property owners were presented with the land title
certificate as the first people to benefit from the project.
Mrs Rebecca Sattie, Chief Registrar, Land Title Registry,
asked the first seven beneficiaries to "spread the word"
about the truth of the one-stop-shop for acquiring title
certificates for others to patronize the services.
Nii Kpobi Tetteh Tsuru III, La Mantse said the chiefs
welcomed the major reforms in the land sector and pledged to
support the Project.
He appealed to government to assist the traditional
authorities to demarcate, survey and register their
boundaries, "this way we can reduce the numerous land
litigations in the country and create the necessary peaceful
environment for investment and development".
GNA
|
