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Jan
The Minister-Designate for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has been adamantly against the sale of public lands, stating that in order to safeguard the interests of the Ghanaian people, any future transactions involving such lands must be carried out at going market rates. On Monday, January 27, during his vetting by Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Armah-Kofi Buah criticized current practices that permit public lands to be undervalued and sold at significantly lower rates, characterizing this as harmful to the development of the country. According to Armah-Kofi Buah, who described the rules currently followed by the Lands Commission, public lands…