The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has refuted allegations of selling or leasing state lands to associates of the Akufo-Addo administration.

MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa's concerns about land sales, including properties like the Dubois Center, Park and Gardens, and others, were dismissed by the Ministry as baseless and inaccurate.

According to the Ministry, the land allocations under scrutiny, such as the Roman Ridge Prison Service land, were executed in 2005, predating the current administration.

Regarding the Dubois Center, the Ministry clarified that the land was acquired in 1897 for government purposes and currently remains in government possession without any pending applications for transfer.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the lease and/or sale of the land at Roman Ridge, allocated to the Prison Service, the subject matter of the Member of Parliament’s allegation, was made in the year 2005, and certainly not under the current administration.

“The allegations that the said land has been granted by the current administration to cronies in what has been described as state capture are, therefore, false.”

“The land occupied by the Du Bois Centre was acquired in 1897 by a Certificate of Title, dated 20th December 1897 for Government purposes.

“The site is currently being occupied by the Du Bois Centre, and the Lands Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has no pending application for the grant of this parcel of land to any third party.”