[ 2017-01-17 ]

Rawlings sets record straight on land for Foundation
The office of former President Jerry Rawlings has
rebuffed suggestions in social media publications
that he intended to illegally appropriate for
himself a piece of land at Ridge, Accra.

His office says the former President wrote
officially to the immediate past government to
request for a piece of land for the establishment
of a Rawlings Foundation, which he intended to
“dedicate to humanitarian, educational,
population control, HIV AIDS, health-related
projects, the preservation of nature and the
promotion and preservation of cultural values.”

The Lands Commission in Accra subsequently wrote
to Rawlings in May 2016, informing him that then
President John Mahama had approved the allocation
of the land, a 4.368 acre land on the Sekou Toure
Street, Ridge Residential Area, a chunk of which
already houses his residence and office.

A statement by the Communications Directorate of
the office of the former President, signed by Mr.
Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, said consequent to this,
Rawlings made further suggestions to the
government, but a response directing action by the
Lands and Natural Resources Minister only reached
the minister on December 12, 2016.

The directive came from Ambassador Kwesi Quartey,
Secretary to the then President who said he had
discovered the letter directing action on the land
‘misplaced among’ his papers and thus wrote to
the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to
act upon it.

The office of former President Rawlings said “No
lease agreement was thus reached with the
government”, documents pointing to substantial
discussions on the matter notwithstanding.

Source - Graphic Online.com

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