Henry Quartey, Member of Parliament (MP) of Ayawaso Central and former head of the Greater Accra Security Region Council (REGSEC) has managed to bring to an end a 23-year old land dispute at Borteyman.
This follows a settlement of the protracted land dispute between Kings Limited and Empire Builders by the Supreme Court, as well as a successful surveying and mapping of the land by the Lands Commission.
Minister Quartey received the composite plan of the area and proceeded to announce the lifting of the security ban restricting access to the land in Accra yesterday.
“We have formally lifted the security ban restricting access to the Borteyman enclave and its adjoining lands. Therefore, land and property owners within the enclave are free to have access to their properties,” he said.
He hoped the success chalked in the over two decades’ dispute will put to rest the feud between the parties and restore peace and security to the area.
The former Greater Accra regional minister expects the traditional heads of Nungua and the disputed parties to discuss demarcation of boundaries after a court judgement on the ownership of the land.
He said this decision was arrived at by REGSEC on February 8, 2024.
The land in question, per the Supreme Court judgment, covers 465 acres, 114 acres and 62 acres.
Maxwell Adu Nsafoah, who doubles as Technical Director of Lands at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and Head of Operations at Lands Commission, said the demarcation exercise was conducted in respect of the decision of the Supreme Court.
He said his ministry would take further action on the composite plan developed out of the judgement of Supreme Court.
Robert Hackman Antwi, led the team of surveyors to demarcate the land, and in his presentation to REGSEG, stated that the exercise discovered that the 114 acres was actually 114.33 and the 62. 01 acres was 62.04, and pillars and paints had been used to mark the various boundaries.
The Nungua Traditional Council represented by Nii Bortey Okplen Djalesane II expressed satisfaction with the level of work done by the Lands Commission, REGSEC and the minister for addressing the 23 years old land dispute.
