TaMA directs all developers on states lands to stop immediately and produce relevant documents
Northern Regional Coordinating Council and the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, has directed all ongoing physical developmental activities and projects (Private and Public) on State Lands within the Metropolis, to stop immediately.
The directive outlined procedures for obtaining permits for physical development in the Metropolis in accordance with Section 106 of the Local Governance Act 2016, (Act 936), which empowered the assembly to manage building permits and development control.
In a joint statement signed by the Northern Regional Minister Adolf Ali John and the Metropolitan Chief Executive Alhaj Adam Abu Takoro advised all developers on State Lands to produce relevant documents including building permits by the Assembly.
The move, the statement added, forms part of efforts by the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to ensure that all physical structures including buildings, conform to laid down building plans, rules and regulations.
In a related development, the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly as part of its mandate as stipulated in the Local Governance Act 2016, (Act 936), is responsible for agriculture policy formulation and implementation, monitoring and supervision, infrastructure development and the promotion of agricultural development.
In line with the above, the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, is appealing to all Tractor Operators, to as a matter of consideration reduce their fees charged for ploughing. This fervent plea comes on the backdrop of the Nation’s economic gains in our currency appreciation and its related improvement in the reduction of fuel prices. This move would go a very long way to support our small, medium and large-scale farmers operate effectively and efficiently to ensure bumper harvest and food security. We count on your maximum support and cooperation.
In January 2925, Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), a team led by former Auditor-General Daniel Domelovo and private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, visited several locations in Tamale where state lands had allegedly been sold to private developers under the previous government.
Among the areas the team visited were lands belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), bungalows of the Regional Coordinating Council, and premises of the Tamale West Hospital, as well as the Regional Hospital.
Seven months after their visit, there has been some construction ongoing in those lands.
On January 10, 2025 the President John Dramani Mahama directed the lands commission to halt the sale and processing of state and public lands.
The president directive signed by his secretary Dr Calistus Mahama explained that the directive was to protect and preserve state and public lands for the collective benefit of the citizenry and the future generation.
