Dominic Nitiwul, a former defense minister, has claimed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is the party that has sold the most governmental lands to private parties.
His remarks coincide with contentious discussions about the sale of state lands, in which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Party (NDC) are exchanging charges.
While acknowledging that both political parties had sold public lands, Nitiwul stressed that the NDC had a more noteworthy record in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face.
He clarified that the military only enters into restricted business ventures and vehemently disputed any sale of military lands during the Akufo-Addo administration.
We have not given out any state lands to anybody. We never, we don’t do that. We can only do private partnerships to some extent. But to sell lands to individuals we can’t. The general question of state lands has to be very holistic.
“If there’s anybody who has taken state lands if you put the two parties together. The NDC has sold more state lands to private individuals than the NPP. All of them are selling under a policy called in-filing. It was under the NDC administration from 1996 to 1998 when that policy was started.”
The sale of state lands continues to be a contentious issue in Ghana, with calls for transparency and accountability in land transactions involving government properties.
