President John Dramani Mahama has directed the reversal of all land allocations and sales made by the previous government concerning properties owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This decision is intended to protect the Ministry’s adjacent land in Airport Residential, which had been claimed by seven organizations and individuals as their new ownership.
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced the presidential directive on his Facebook page, expressing his gratitude to President Mahama for his unwavering patriotic and decisive support. Ablakwa emphasised that under his leadership, no land or property of the Ministry, whether located domestically or internationally, would be sold.
President Mahama has directed that all allocations and sales of land belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the previous government be immediately reversed. Yesterday’s presidential directive will ensure that the Ministry’s adjoining land at Airport Residential, which some 7 organisations and individuals claim to be the new owner,s would now be cancelled and preserved for the people of Ghana,” Ablakwa stated.
He further added, “I am enormously grateful to President Mahama for his unwavering patriotic and decisive presidential backing. Under my watch as Foreign Minister, no land or property of the Ministry, located either home or abroad, would be sold. No more State Capture! For God and Country. Ghana First.”
By: Abigail Arthur
