Dr Steve Manteaw, the policy analyst with the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), wants the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate how the properties listed in the alleged Will of the former CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwaku Owusu Afriyie, alias Sir John, were acquired.
The lands ministry is investigating the said Will after portions of the Achimota Forest reserve and the Sakumono Ramsar site were cited as properties of the late politician.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday (24 May), Manteaw said: “The lands minister says he’s investigating issues in Sir John’s leaked will in relation to Achimota forest and the Ramsar site. Will the Special Prosecutor also look into how most of the listed properties were acquired? Thinking of the essence of Asset Declaration.”
No one will inherit Sir John’s alleged land at Achimota Forest
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has served notice that the Achimota Forest and Sakumono Ramsar Site lands cited in the alleged will of the late Forestry Commission CEO, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly called Sir John will not be inherited by anyone even if ownership by the deceased is established.
“Preliminary inquiries reveal that the alleged Will in question is a subject matter of litigation/contestation in the courts,” the minister Samuel Abu Jinapor said.
“Further checks at the Lands and the Forestry Commissions, the repositories of the records of the lands in question, show no record of ownership of Lands at, the Achimota Forest or the Sakumono Ramsar Site, by the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie”.
Read the full statement below:
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