Engr. Dr. Ebenezer Ankomah Gyamera

Surv. Engr. Ebenezer A Gyamera (PhD) After 63 years of independence, dealings with land in Ghana is still not smooth as there are several records and news about clashes on land leading to brutalities, loss of money and even life. Acquiring land in Ghana, securing title to it and its development has become a burden or cumbersome task amidst lots of fear and panic causing health related issues. By article 258 of the 1992 Constitution, and the Lands Commission Act, 2008 (Act 767), the Lands Commission (LC) as a corporate body was established to ensure proper regulation to the acquisition and the use of lands in the country by both citizens and non-citizens. Among other functions of the LC include;      1.  On behalf of the government; manage public lands and any other levels vested in the President by the Constitution or by any other law and any lands vested in the Commission; Advise the Government, local authorities and traditional authoriti...

A lecturer at the University of Cape coast, CEO for Gyams Group of Companies and Author of Ghana Land In Focus, Engr. Dr. Ebenezer Gyamera has added his voice to the numerous calls by the general public for the lands Commission to be revamped and retooled with adequate logistics and personnel to help the commission to perform its work satisfactorily. Speaking at the GAPAM (Ghana Association of Public Administration and Managers) 1st International conference in Cape Coast, a research conducted, he said there are still numerous bottlenecks in acquiring land title registration in Ghana which should have been stress free in the acquisition of property. According to him, out of a sample size of 1000, 56% said the performance of the commission is poor, 31% were indifferent while 13% said the commissions performance was good. Dr. Gyamera who also doubles as a surveyor attributed this abysmal performance and perception by the public to various factors such as indiscipline among staff,...

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LAND CONFLICTS IN GHANA, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND RESOLUTION Gyamera, E. A 1 ., Duncan, E. E 2 ., A., Kuma, J. S. Y 3 , and Arko-Adjei, A 4 . 1 Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast. Ghana. gyamengineering@yahoo.com 2 & 3 Faculty of Mineral Resource Technology, University of Mines & Technology, Tarkwa. Ghana. eeduncan@umat.edu.gh, js.kuma@umat.edu.gh Tel. +233 24 4521145; Fax. +233 33 213 2709 Citation of Paper Gyamera, E. A., Duncan, E. E., Kuma, J. S. Y. and Arko-Adjei, A. (2016). Land conflicts in Ghana; causes, effects and resolution. Proceedings of 4 th UMaT Biennial International Mining and Mineral Conference, August 3-6, 2016. UMaT Auditorium, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana Abstract Conflict is seen to be a natural and integral part of every day’s live of all living organisms. It is an inevitable and necessary feature of domestic and international relations . Con...