Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticized the government's decision to contract a private company for the reclamation of encroached state lands.

In a parliamentary session, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, revealed that the government had amended its agreement with Aynok Holdings Limited, allowing the company to receive 15 percent of the reclaimed land as compensation.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the arrangement, Ablakwa expressed concern over the apparent inability of state security to safeguard and reclaim government properties, suggesting it reflects a dysfunctional state.

“Have we become such a failed state that with the entire national security apparatus, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, National Security, Police, and all of that—we can’t protect state lands, and we now have to engage a private entity to be protecting lands for us. I mean, then we should close down state institutions. I really can’t believe this. There is even no value for money.”