[ 2017-05-10 ]

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu

Amewu shuts down School of Mapping over clashes
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John
Peter Amewu, has announced the closure of the
Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping (GSSM).
This follows the recent clashes over land at the
school.

Addressing a press conference in the wake of the
mayhem Tuesday, Amewu also ordered the
re-assignment of staff of the school.

Therefore, he stated the students are directed to
“vacate the school premises and the hostel
facilities with immediate effect.”
He added: “I direct the management of the Lands
Commission to ensure that the staff at the school
should be re-assigned other duties that would
effectively support the agenda to reduce the
turnaround time in land title registration in the
country.”

The student last week clashed with construction
workers on a project said to be an office complex
for the Lands Commission. The students have vowed
to stop the development, claiming the land is
being developed into a shopping mall.

But owing to the development, Amewu stated that
the project site had been handed over to the
contractors and that “unauthorized persons are
not to be permitted on the premises and the
contractors to take full responsibility of the
site.”

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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