The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has assured that no land or property belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be sold under his leadership.
“Under my watch as Foreign Minister, no land or property of the Ministry, located either home or abroad, will be sold,” he assured.
He gave the assurance in a social media post on Wednesday, March 5, following a directive by President John Dramani Mahama for the immediate reversal of all lands belonging to the Ministry that were sold or leased under the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
Among these lands is the Ministry’s adjoining property at Airport Residential Area, which, according to Mr. Ablakwa, had been claimed by seven organisations and individuals.
The minister said the allocations will now be cancelled and the land preserved for Ghanaians.
“President Mahama has directed that all allocations and sale of land belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the previous government be immediately reversed,” Mr. Ablakwa stated.
“Yesterday’s presidential directive will ensure that the Ministry’s adjoining land at Airport Residential, which some seven organisations and individuals claim to be the new owners, will now be cancelled and preserved for the people of Ghana,” he added.
The North Tongu MP, who has in the past raised concerns over what he described as state capture of public lands, expressed gratitude to the president for the support.
“I am enormously grateful to President Mahama for his unwavering patriotic and decisive presidential backing,” he wrote.
