Tema Development Corporation Staff With NPP Links Caught Selling State Land to Wife For GH¢2,000
- A former staff member of the Tema Development Corporation has been accused of selling state land to his wife
- The suspect was previously a protocol officer to a former Tema Development Corporation (TDC) Managing Director
- Amid the allegations, the government is currently auditing state lands leased or allocated between 2017 and 2024
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The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) Limited has accused a former staff member of selling state land to his wife for GH¢2,000.
The suspect accused is said to be the Tema Central Constituency Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Citi News reported that he was previously a protocol officer to a former Tema Development Corporation Managing Director.
According to the company, the land in question was originally designated for a public toilet facility.
The company is trying to recover illegally acquired lands as part of its housing mandate.
Tema Development Corporation Managing Director, Courage Makafui Nunekpeku, told the press the contract of the said officer was terminated following an internal investigation.
He further explained that the land, located behind Tema Secondary School, has since been retrieved for state development purposes.
“The NPP Tema Central Constituency Secretary sold that place to his wife at the cost of GH¢2000. The documents are with me, and I can make them available."
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Mahama lifts ban on state lands sale
This report comes after President John Mahama said the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Lands Commission would be auditing all state lands leased or allocated between 2017 and 2024.
On September 3, the Presidency lifted the temporary ban on the sale of state and public land transactions.
The ban was introduced in January to allow for a comprehensive review of Ghana’s land administration system.
Mahama said this announcement signalled the beginning of a more disciplined era of land management.
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MPs reportedly offered free state land
The controversy of state land came to the fore in Parliament when Labour, Jobs and Employment Minister Rashid Pelpuo claimed that the Lands Commission offered him free state land.
This was an offer made to all the other members of the Lands and Forestry Committee, according to him.
Pelpuo disclosed this during his vetting on January 30 in response to a question on whether he had acquired state land.
He told the vetting committee that this offer came when he was the ranking member of the Lands and Forestry Committee.
Gabby's wife accused of state land sale
YEN.com.gh recently reported that Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu MP, accused NPP member Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko's wife, Nana Adjoa Hackman, of selling state lands.
The MP claimed that Hackman had acquired property from the state illegally while serving on a state board, further claiming that the said property belonged to the Judicial Service of Ghana.
Reacting to the allegations, Asaase Broadcasting Company said the claims were misleading and false, and stated that Lilly Homes Limited had legally acquired its new headquarters legitimately.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
