By Joseph Nana Yaw Cobbina
Ghana’s new land law contains nothing new because it is like a reprinting of the old existing laws in the sector, states a real estate developer.
In an interview with journalists from some selected media houses, the CEO of Koans Estate Ltd., Mr Kofi Anokye, stated that the current Lands Act is not fit for purpose.
Mr Anokye said Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036), which took effect on 23rd December, 2020, is a waste of state resources due to the fact that it is not effective since it was enacted without due consultation with key stakeholders involved in land transactions and real estate.
He alleged that, according to the land law, no court or police can incriminate any persons on a land dispute while there is a case pending in court.
Speaking on the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), Mr. Anokye made an appeal to the government to channel the NABCO money to build the youth’s careers rather than employing them.
To him, the reasons for developing the youth’s careers is that the development will create more employment for them. He explained that when an unemployed graduate is trained in vocations such as tailoring and fashion, agriculture, carpentry, welding, and mechanics, they can engage in gainful self-employment which will yield better results for the state.
He regretted how local businesses are collapsing due to the state’s over-emphasis on white-colour jobs, adding that the government should encourage the introduction of professions in NABCO.
He argued that the NABCO programme will rather deepen unemployment rate in the country, and thus more businesses will collapse if the necessary measures are not well implemented. “Let’s look at this way. If an apprentice is not there, in two years or more the master cannot survived,” he recounted.
He said Ghana needs leaders who would think outside the box and not be fixated with the old ways doing things.
He said the continuous rising cost of borrowing and the increment of taxes will bring more hardship to Ghanaians and indigenous businesses.
