According to the commission, the property has not been sold and the occupants should be free to carry out their daily activities. “The commission wishes to inform the general public and, particularly, people doing business in the market that the timber market has not been sold to anybody. It was also not true that those occupying the place and doing business in timber have been served with notices to vacate the place,” the commission stated. “I wish to emphasize that anybody or organization which does not acquire state land through the lands commission will never be granted any title because this is an illegality that should not be condoned,” he stated. The press conference was in reaction to claims by the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, that the timber market land in Tamale had been sold by the Lands Commission and those occupying the land had been served notice to vacate during an interaction with some of his constituents last Saturday.

Source: GhanaWeb May 24, 2021 19:30 UTC