By Godwill Arthur Mensah
Accra, July 17, GNA-The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources on Monday dismissed
media reports that it has allegedly engaged the services of land guards to protect state
lands.
This was in a statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry and shared with
the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
"The Ministry would like to set the records straight that the Government and for that matter the
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources does not contract the services of land guards in its
operations.
However, the Ministry through its agency, Lands Commission, legally engaged the services of
Aynok Holding Limited, a registered limited liability company to assist in reclaiming
encroached government lands.
This engagement has been in effect since 2012 it stated. On Monday, July 17, 2023, Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini, the Member of Parliament for Tamale
North, alleged that Prof Patrick Agbesinyale, Chief Director of the Ministry of Lands and
Natural Resources had told the Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Forestry that
the Ministry had engaged the services of land guards to retrieve encroached state lands.
"We wish to categorically state that the Government and by extension the Ministry of Lands
and Natural Resources employ legal processes to reclaim all encroached state lands," the
statement said.
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