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Henry Quartey leads REGSEC for demolition exercise
The Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, led some members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to demolish illegal structures at Frafraha in Accra.
The exercise was part of efforts by the Minister to reclaim some encroached acres of fenced land belonging to the State under the care of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Confirming this in a post on his Facebook page, Henry Quartey said,
“On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, I led members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to undertake a demolition exercise on 200 acres of fenced land belonging to the State under the care of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)”.
Henry Quartey also confirmed that parts of the land totaling 1,300 acres have been taken over by people and some other parts sold out.
"Out of the over 1,300 acres of CSIR land, over 900 acres have been encroached on, with the remaining 200 being sold out by unknown persons”.
"....I admonished the REGSEC team to demolish everything to ground zero, i.e. all existing and new spring-up buildings within the 200 acres of the fenced land should be demolished”, Mr. Quartey added.
The Minister further indicated that occupants of the sold lands have been directed to seek assistance from the Lands Commission to ensure their properties are registered.
“I have urged occupants of the over 900 acres of land to get assistance from the Lands Commission to assist them to get executive instruments, in other to be able to register their properties in their names since none of them has documents or permits after over 20 years of building,” he said.
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