Minister-Designate for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has raised eyebrows over Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo Markin’s acquisition of land in Winneba, Central Region.
Responding to questions over the work of ORAL from the Minority Leader, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa revealed that the team was enquiring into a petition concerning land he acquired in Winneba.
Mr. Ablakwa, who chairs Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) read out a search conducted by the team that revealed that the minority leader acquired land vested in the State under Legislative Instrument (LI) 206, dating back to November 21, 1960.
The search also showed that the land in question had been leased out the Efutu Legislator under a 99-year lease agreement executed on March 22, 2023, between the Government of Ghana and Afenyo Markin.
But Alexander Afenyo Markin said the petition was borne out of a misunderstanding of the legal regime that vested all lands in his area in the state.
Even though he failed to mention the person from whom he bought the land, Afenyo Markin said the LI means all land acquisition in the area is executed between the state and the interested party
Story By: Emmanuel Coffie
