CHIEF EXPRESES DISGUST AT INDISCIPLINE IN THE LAND MARKET

claimant of the Tema Stool, Nii Adjetey Kraku III, has noted that the general indiscipline in the land market especially the current spate of land encroachements, multiple sales of residential plots, endless litigation and conflicts has to come to an end. Nii Adjetey Kraku III who is also the Tema Mantse noted that, land is the problem in this part of the country as some use their position to sell or engage in land acitivites which is illegal. He made this known at a press conference.Nii Adjetey Kraku III explained that people's whose large tracts of land were compulsory acquired by government with little compensation today have been left landless, denied their source of livelihood and have become tenants on their own lands giving rise to stuck poverty and disputes between the state , the stool and within the private scetor. Apportioning the blame to some self-styled chiefs who have stooped so low to dispose lands without any proper documentation and records, Nii Adjetey Kraku III also called on the general public especially those who want to buy land around community 22 to be very careful as self-styled land owners may take advantage of them.Touching on chieftancy since the institution and administration of land go together, Nii Adjetey Kraku III , claimed that the Tema Development Corporation (TDC)have discirminated between him , Nii Adjetey Kraku III and Nii Adjei Kraku II, the substantive and the claimant to the title which is contrary to Article 17 of the 1992 constitution which talks about discrimination. He explained that he was enstooled in 19979 and was gazetted by the Ga Traditional Council in the Greater Accra Region. He has therefore challenged Nii Adjei Kraku who is also Tema Mantse to explain how he relates to the seat as he sees no relation between them.