Bill to change Country Planning into Authority

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The mask 9 years ago

Some parties in power tend to reward people and communities that they like and neglect other communities. This may be based on ethnic groups or votes garnered. Some people are not happy with the state of affairs.

This has ...
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Some parties in power tend to reward people and communities that they like and neglect other communities. This may be based on ethnic groups or votes garnered. Some people are not happy with the state of affairs.

This has had a profound effect. A small minority has become over-represented and almost overbearing in Ghana. Many left Ghana for this reason. We have to address this problem.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Ghana has an Accra Problem!

Consider, they will be dispatching planners to every district, from Accra!

There is no mention of even "Regions"!

From Accra to District, and back to Accra!!

Ghana has an Accra Problem!

Consider, they will be dispatching planners to every district, from Accra!

There is no mention of even "Regions"!

From Accra to District, and back to Accra!!
WISEMAN 9 years ago

In Black Africa new laws don't change anything.There is overwhelming evidence that the BLACKMAN is not capable of managing his affairs.The WHITEMAN is laughing and the great Kwame Nkrumah is turning in his grave.

In Black Africa new laws don't change anything.There is overwhelming evidence that the BLACKMAN is not capable of managing his affairs.The WHITEMAN is laughing and the great Kwame Nkrumah is turning in his grave.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Lot of talk!

No useful information.

Why pass the law, before talking to people, if you are serious about planning with people, not at people.

Lot of talk!

No useful information.

Why pass the law, before talking to people, if you are serious about planning with people, not at people.
Kofi Ghana 9 years ago

I am afraid this law will give mother Ghana another 70 years of "No Planning". The hidden agenda in all this is to fill-up personal pockets. Public input into the design of the law could have blocked some of those loop-holes.

I am afraid this law will give mother Ghana another 70 years of "No Planning". The hidden agenda in all this is to fill-up personal pockets. Public input into the design of the law could have blocked some of those loop-holes.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Imani,
It will serve us all if we can get some background information on this one. This is too important. It touches everything!

Imani,
It will serve us all if we can get some background information on this one. This is too important. It touches everything!
fiction 9 years ago

As for parliament de least talk abt dat useless institution de better for me I would v advice dis institution be barnish to reduce excessive spending on dis useless mps whose may objectives are to pass any stupid bills dat br ...
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As for parliament de least talk abt dat useless institution de better for me I would v advice dis institution be barnish to reduce excessive spending on dis useless mps whose may objectives are to pass any stupid bills dat brought to em no due deligents is done on any bills dey bring to em to pass
Ghfuo: Be Bad & Hang Nyantakyi, NOW! 9 years ago

Quick to make a silly name.change but can spatially design, plan urban centers. How is this name change going to get some work done?

Quick to make a silly name.change but can spatially design, plan urban centers. How is this name change going to get some work done?
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Possibly!

Possibly!
Yaw 9 years ago

This will come to nothing due to bribery and corruption.

This will come to nothing due to bribery and corruption.
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

It truly does not matter what you call an ineffective and inefficient agency of government. What is needed is an effective institution that will bring sanity and planning into the planning and development board/agency. People ...
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It truly does not matter what you call an ineffective and inefficient agency of government. What is needed is an effective institution that will bring sanity and planning into the planning and development board/agency. People forget that what works in some developed countries will not work in Ghana because there are no effective enforcement agencies in Ghana. Hence the myriad of agencies currently involved in the process of selling and buying of land, registration of land, acquiring development permit and the inspection of construction work and verification of zoning laws have become part of the built-in ineffectiveness of government and source of why there are no true planned and developed areas in Ghana.
I challenge anyone to point to a presumed planned development community in Ghana since 1980. Look here, Ghanaians are not law abiding period. The best hope Ghana will ever have in achieving planned and developed communities is by doing the following:

1. Any stool land being sold by respective chiefs, private owners and or by land brokerages must be sold to a national government agency first without exception.
2. The government has just 1 year by law to develop the land prior to sale. This development must include plot demarcations, concrete and or bituminous roads, drainage and sewage systems, telecommunications system infrastructure, covered gutter and drainage systems, electricity and water ready stations at each plot and a legitimate address to boot.
3. There must be community maintenance agreements that come with all plots which will force all residence of a given community to adhere to standard yard, street and property maintenance.
4. The sale/asking price of the land must reflect original cost of land ( as sold by chiefs and private owners) plus all incurred expenses of the government for infrastructure additions without profit to government.
5. Plots can be sold to buyers who provide both electronic and hard copies of planned structures and are ready to pay for land development and registration fee along with the sale price of the plot(s).
6. The government will derive profits through property tax revenues and other government provided services.
This process will make it easy for inspectors to locate and inspect any and all development project sites and for Ghana water, electricity, sewage and drainage agencies along with Ghana postal service to easily provide and collect monthly, quarterly and semi-annual fees that may be imposed on communities by service providers.
This is how true planned and developed communities can be achieved in Ghana. The current system has made a mockery of planning and development of communities in Ghana where the tracking and locating properties is highly unlikely and we have registered addresses at the Registrar Generals and other state institutions that cannot be found and or their very existence cannot be ascertained. Let’s bring sanity to this madness. For those who cannot trust government to do anything right I say the government is a reflection of the unprincipled citizenry we’ve become.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Abeeku Mensah,
Can we say then, that "the unprincipled citizenry...is a reflection of the unprincipled..." government we have?

Seems to me a robust Regional Land Register funded and supervised by the National Government, ...
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Abeeku Mensah,
Can we say then, that "the unprincipled citizenry...is a reflection of the unprincipled..." government we have?

Seems to me a robust Regional Land Register funded and supervised by the National Government, with the Districts actively engaged, might be preferable to the government being the first - and only entity - on the list for purchase of every plot of land, "...Any stool land being sold by respective chiefs, private owners and or by land brokerages..."

So, we would strike out your Items 1 & 2. Accra has too much power, control, and privileges. That is a fundamental part of the Ghana development quagmire.

So, naturally, we are all serious. What, pray tell, are the provisions of the law they are passing in Parliament?

Bill to change Country Planning into Authority

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