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By Mariam Allotey Public Documents January 7, 2026

Table of Contents

Overview 1
- National land Regional Heads of Lands Commission and office
Directorates and Divisions under LANDS COMMISSION (LC) 1
- Descriptionof Activities of each Directorate and Division 4
- LandCommission’s Organogram 1

Classesand Types of information 1

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL HEADS OF LANDS COMMISSION AND OFFICE DIRECTORY.

HEAD OFFICE

LANDS COMMISSION

P.O.BOX CT 5008, CANTONMENTS, ACCRA-GHANA INFO@LC.GOV.GH

WWW.LC.GOV.GH

0302 429760/0302429761

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN: SURV. DR. WORDSWORTH ODAME-LARBI

EXECUTIVESECRETARY:PROF. ANTHONY OWUSU-ANSAH

DEPUTYEXECUTIVESECRETARY (CORPORATE SERVICES): MR. EMMANUEL ADANSI-BONAH

DEPUTYEXECUTIVESECRETARY OPERATIONS: SURV. RAPHAEL HOKEY ESQ.

DIRECTOR, LAND REGISTRATION DIVISION: MAD. ANGELINA AWA ESQ.

DIRECTOR, LAND VALUATION DIVISION: SURV. DR. THEODORA MANTEBEA MENDS AG. DIRECTOR, SURVEY AND MAPPING DIVISION: SURV. NAA SEIDU ZAKARI

DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AND VESTED LAND MANAGEMENT DIVISION: MAD. CYNTHIA ODAMETTEY

GREATER ACCRA OFFICE

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: DR PIUS ASUMADU BASOAH

P.O.BOX CT 5008, CANTONMNENTS-ACCRA

OFFICE LOCATION: SECOND CIRCULAR ROAD, CANTONMENTS – ACCRA TEL: 0302 429760

ASHANTI REGION OFFICE

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: PETER OSEI OWUSU

P.O.BOX 43, ADUM – KUMASI

OFFICE LOCATION: MESS 4TH GARDEN, DANYAME – KUMASI

GPS ADDRESS: AK-036-2874 TEL: 0322026402

AHAFO REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: WILFRED ACHEAMPONG

P.O.BOX GS 184, GOASO

OFFICE LOCATION: ABUTANSO, GOASO

(SHARES COMPOUND WITH DVLA AND URBAN ROADS) GPS – HA-0002-3025, DVLA STREET

TEL: 0332098109

BONO EAST REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: NOEL TUOTIR

P.O.BOX 698, TECHIMAN

OFFICE LOCATION: NANA GYAMFI STREET, DWOMO NO.1 (DIRECTLY OPPOSITE SDA PRIMARY SCHOOL)

GPS: BT-0001-9532, 36 NANA GYAMFI STREET TEL: 0244687996

OTI REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: INNOCENT ACHINA

P.O.BOX HB 840, DAMBAI DAMBAI

(NOT FAR FROM THE OTI REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL, TOWARDS KWAME AKURA) GPS: OE-00174-1360

TEL: 0206102660

NORTH-EAST REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: SAMUEL GYARTENG

P.O.BOX 164, NALERIGU

OFFICE LOCATION: NALERIGU (OPPOSITE COMMUNITY WATER & SANITATION OFFICE, ALONG NALERIGU-BUNGURUGU YOOYO ROAD)

GPS ADDRESS: NE-0958-4161 TEL: 0246386559

SAVANNAH REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: YAW DANSO BOATENG

P.O.BOX 57, DAMANGO

LOCATION: DAMONGO MAIN LORRY STATION, ALONG RAZAK’S STORE OPPOSITE CHAIRMAN BULLDOZER’S HOUSE

GPS ADDRESS: N5-00003-2977 TEL: 0372094495

WESTERN NORTH REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: SETH BOAKYE OWUSU

P.O.BOX WS 52, SEFWI WIAWSO

OFFICE LOCATION: SEFWI WIAWSO, NEW ADIEMBRA, ADJACENT THE REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS

GPS ADDRESS: WG-0035-5482 TEL: 0332098090

WESTERN REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: EUGENE ASANTE BOATENG

P.O.BOX 407, TAKORADI

OFFICE LOCATION: TAKORADI OPPOSITE REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL

GPS ADDRESS: WS-000-3709 TEL: 0312046161

CENTRAL REGION

REGIONALLANDSOFFICER: ERIC MWIN

P.O.BOX 183, CAPE COAST OFFICE LOCATION: CAPE COAST GPS ADDRESS: CC-041-8211 TEL: 0332132466

BONO REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: AFIA ABRAFI OBENG MIREKU

P.O.BOX 168, SUNYANI OFFICE LOCATION: SUNYANI GPS ADDRESS:

TEL: 0361270141

UPPER EAST REGION

REGIONALLANDSOFFICER: ROBERT HACKMAN ANTWI

P.O.BOX 463, BOLGATANGA OFFICE LOCATION: BOLGATANGA GPS ADDRESS:

TEL: 0244408434

UPPER WEST REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: JONATHAN KWABLA

P.O.BOX 329, WA OFFICE LOCATION: WA GPS ADDRESS:

TEL: 0392022078

NORTHERN REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: YAW ACHEAMPONG AMOAH

P.O.BOX TL 164, TAMALE

OFFICE LOCATION: TINZAMNAA STREET, NEAR THE REGIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS ROUNDABOUT, TAMALE

GPS ADDRESS: NT-0009-9690 TEL: 0372023080

VOLTA REGION

REGIONALLANDS OFFICER: ISSA MAHAMA

P.O.BOX HP 842, HO

OFFICE LOCATION: HO (OPPOSITE VOLTA STAR FM) GPS ADDRESS: VH-0005-3970

TEL: 036208204

EASTERN REGION

REGIONAL LANDS OFFICER: JOSEPH ABAKAH ARTHUR

P.O.BOX 1904, KOFORIDUA OFFICE LOCATION: KOFORIDUA

GPS ADDRESS:

TEL: 0342022240

This Right to Information (RTI) Manual is pursuant to the provisions of the recently passed Act, (Act 989) by Parliament and assented to by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo. The Act gives substance to the constitutional right to information provided under Article 21 (1) (f) of the Constitution, enabling citizens access to official information held by government institutions, and the qualifications and conditions under which the access may be obtained. In accordance with Section 80, the Act applies to information which came into existence before, or which will come into existence after the commencement of the Act.

Purposeof Manual – To inform/assist the public on the organizational structure, responsibilities and activities of the LANDS COMMISSION(LC) and provide the types of information and classes of information available at LC, including the location and contact details of its information officers and

This section describes the institution’s vision and mission and lists the names of all Directorates and Divisions under the institution, including the description of organizational structure, responsibilities, details of activities and classes and types of information accessible at a fee.

VISION

To become a center of excellence for land service delivery.

MISSION

To provide high quality, reliable and efficient service in geographic information, guaranteed tenure, property valuation, survey and mapping through teamwork and modern technology to our stakeholders.

Divisions under LANDS COMMISSION(LC)

1. Survey and Mapping

2. Land Registration

3. Land valuation

4. Public and Vested Lands Management

Responsibilities of the Institution:

The objectives of the Commission are to:

(a) promote the judicious use of land by the society and ensure that land use is in accordance with sustainable management principles and the maintenance of a sound eco-system; and

(b) ensure that land development is affected in conformity with the nation’s development goals.

For the purpose of achieving its objectives, the Commission shall;

(a) on behalf of the Government, manage public lands and any other lands vested in the President by the Constitution or by any other law and any lands vested in the Commission;

(b) advise the Government, local authorities and traditional authorities on the policy framework for the development of particular areas of the country to ensure that the development of individual pieces of land is coordinated with the relevant development plan for the area concerned;

(c) formulate and submit to Government recommendations on national policy with respect to land use suitability or capability;

(d) advise on, and assist in the execution of, a comprehensive programme for the registration of title to land as well as registration of

deeds and instruments affecting land throughout the country;

(e) facilitate the acquisition of land on behalf of Government;

(f) establish standards for and regulate survey and mapping of the country and provide survey and mapping services where necessary;

(g) license practitioners of cadastral survey;

(h) undertake land and land related valuation services;

(j) ensure that socio-economic activities are consistent with sound

land use through sustainable land use planning in the long term national interest;

(j) instill order and discipline into the land market through curbing the incidence of land encroachment, unapproved development schemes, multiple or illegal land sales, land speculation and other forms of land racketeering;

(k) minimize or eliminate, where possible, the sources of protracted land boundary disputes, conflicts and litigations in order to bring their associated economic costs and socio-political upheavals under control;

(l) promote community participation and public awareness at all levels in sustainable land management and development practices to ensure the highest and best use of land;

(m) promote research into all aspects of land ownership, tenure and the operations of the land market and the land development process;

(n) impose and collect levies, fees, charges for services rendered;

(o) establish and maintain a comprehensive land information system, and

(p) perform other functions the Minister may assign to it

DESCRIPTIONOF ACTIVITIES OF EACH DIRECTORATE AND DIVISION

Directorate/Division

Responsibilities/Activities

Survey and Mapping Division

a) supervise, regulate and control the survey and demarcation of land for the purposes of land use and land registration;

(b) take custody of and preserve records and operations relating to the survey of any parcel of land;

(d) coordinate the preparation of plans from the data derived from survey and any amendment of the plans;

(e) coordinate the production of photogrammetric surveys (aerial photography, orthophoto mapping, etc);

(f) survey, map and maintain the national territorial boundaries including maritime boundaries;

(g) develop and maintain the national geodetic reference network for the country;

(h) supervise, regulate, control and certify the production of maps; and

(i) other functions determined by the Commission.

Land Registration Division

(a) publication of notices of registration upon receipt of an application

for registration;

(b) registration of title to land and other interests in land;

outside compulsory title registration districts;

(d) maintaining land registers that contains records of

land and other interests in land.

(e) other functions determined by the Commission.

Land Valuation Division

a) assessing the compensation payable upon acquisition of land by

the Government;

(b) assessment of stamp duty;

leased by or to Government;

(d) preparation and maintenance of valuation list for rating purposes;

(e) valuation of interests in land or land related interests for the general

public at a fee;

(f) valuation of interests in land for the administration of estate duty;

and

(g) other functions determined by the Commission

Public and Vested Lands Management Division

(a) facilitating the acquisition of land for Government;

(b) managing state acquired and vested lands in conformity with

approved land use plans; and

Corporate Services

(a) Overseeing day to day operations

(b) Develop organizational policies

(d) Managing administrative Budget

(e) Monitoring operating expenses

(f) Liaising with HR and other departments

(g) Updating executives on business performance

(h) Coordinates the activities of all other units under corporate service per the Lands Commission approved organogram.

LANDSCOMMISSION’S ORGANOGRAM

Below is the Organogram for Lands Commission.

THE COMMISSION (THE BOARD)

INTERNAL AUDIT

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

PUBLIC AFFAIRS LEGAL AFFAIRS

DEPUTY EXECUTUVE SECRETARY (TECHNICAL)

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (GENERAL SERVICES)

SREGIONAL OFFICE

DISTRICT OFFICE

DIRECTOR, RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

LAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AND VESTED LANDS

MG’T DIVISION

PUBLIC LANDS

VESTED LANDS

ACQUISITION

DIRECTOR, LAND VALUATION DIVISION

GENERAL VALUATION

RATING VALUATION

COMPENSATION VALUATION

DIRECTOR, SURVEY AND MAPPING DIVISION

SURVEY

MAPPING

REGULATION

DIRECTOR, LAND REGISTRATION DIVISION

TITLE REGISTRATION

DEEDS REGISTRATION

DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRA TION DIVISION

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
PUBLICAFFAIRS
PROCUREMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
LITHOGRAPHY
TRANSPORT
SECURITYAND INTELLIGENCE
FACILITY MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCE MG’T DIVISION

DIRECTOR, FINANCE DIVISION

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF A REGIONAL OFFICE

REGIONAL DIRECTOR (DIRECTOR)

DISTRICT DIRECTOR (DEPUTY DIRECTOR)

2.4 Classes and Types of information

List of various classes of information in the custody of the institution:

1. Administrative and Human Resource Management Information

2. Information relating to the core activities mandated by the Lands Commission Act, 2008(ACT 767), such as management of Land Records and transactions.

Types of Information Accessible at a fee:

1. Searches on Land information at all Divisions of Lands Commission are accessible at a fee.

2. Land registration

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The designated RTI Officer shall upon receipt of the application make a determination as to whether or not the application is one that safeguards the life or liberty of a person within the ambit of s. 23 (7)

Where the application does not fall within the ambit of s. 23 (7), the RTI Officer shall within 14 days of receiving the request, engage the relevant persons within the institution and the information generating directorate to confirm the availability of the information requested

Where an EXTENSION of time is needed, RTIO shall comply with

25.

IF NOT

Notice of the Decision shall be communicated to the Applicant by or on the 14th working day from when the application was

made.

The Decision shall where it confirms the availability of information state the manner in which access will be granted and whether or not access to the information shall be given in part and the reasons for giving only part. (s. 23(1)(2)(3).

Where the information requested shall be refused, the RTIO shall notify the applicant within 12 days of receiving the application, communicating the refusal of the application and the reason for the refusal. Where it falls within the exempt category s.5-17; s.23 (10);s.24; the RTIO shall state the section/reason the refusal was based.

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A person given access to information contained in records of a public institution may apply for an amendment of the information if the information represents the personal records of that person

and in the person’s opinion, the information is incorrect, misleading, incomplete or out of date.

HOWTO APPLY FOR AN AMENDMENT
1. Theapplication should be in writing indicating;

Nameand proof of
Particulars that will enable the records of the public institution identify the applicant
Theincorrect, misleading, incomplete or the out of date information in the
Signatureof the applicant

For incompleteinformation claimed or out of date records, the application should be accompanied with the relevant information which the applicant considers necessary to complete the records.

Theaddress to which a notice shall be sent should be

Theapplication can then be submitted at the office of the public institution

The Act mandates Parliament in Section 75 to approve a fee that public institutions can charge. However, fees shall apply to only the three circumstances stated below:

Requestfor information in a language other than the language in which the information is (s.75) (3).

When request is made for a written transcript of the information, a reasonable transcription cost may be requested by the Information Officer. (s.75) (4).

Costof media conversion or (s.75) (5).

Under Section 75 (2), fees are not payable for:

reproductionof personal information
informationin the public interest

informationthat should be provided within stipulated time under the Act
anapplicant who is poor or has a disability
timespent by the information officer in reviewing the information
time spent by the information officer to examine and ensure the information is not exempt
preparingthe information

Section 76 subjects the retention of charges received by a public institution to the Constitution. Thus, a public institution is authorized to retain charges received under the Act to be used only to defray expenses incurred by the public institution in the performance of functions under the Act and be paid into a bank account opened for the purpose with the approval of the Controller and Accountant-General.


1.	Name of Applicant:
2.	Date:
3.	Public Institution:
4.	Date of Birth:	DD	MM	YYYY
5.	Type of Applicant:	Individual Organization/Institution
6.	TIN Number
7.	If Represented, Name of Representative:
7 (a).	Capacity of Representative:
8.	Type of Identification: National ID Card Passport Voter’s ID Driver’s License
8 (a).	Id. No.:
9.	Description of the Information being sought (specify the type and class of information including cover dates. Kindly fill multiple applications for multiple requests):


10.	Manner of Access:	Inspection of Information Copy of Information Viewing / Listen Written Transcript Translated (specify language)
10 (a).	Form of Access:	Hard copy Electronic copy Braille
11.	Contact Details:	Email Address Postal Address Tel:
12.	Applicant’s signature/thumbprint:
13.	Signature of Witness (where applicable) “This request was read to the applicant in the language the applicant understands and the applicant appeared to have understood the content of the request.”

Name of Information/Designated Officer:

Telephone/Mobile number of Information Unit:

Postal Address of the institution:

Instructions: Provide a list of acronyms and associated literal translations used within the manual. List the acronyms in alphabetical order using the table below.

Table 1 Acronyms

Acronym	Literal Translation
RTI	Right to Information
MDA	Ministries, Departments and Agencies
s.	Section
MMDAs	Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies
LC	Lands Commission

This Glossary presents clear and concise definitions for terms used in this manual that may be unfamiliar to readers listed in alphabetical order. Definitions for terms are based on section 84 of the RTI Act.

Table 2 Glossary

Term	Definition
Access	Right to Information
Access to information	Right to obtain information from public institutions
Contact details	Information by which an applicant and an information officer may be contacted
Court	A court of competent jurisdiction
Designated officer	An officer designated for the purposes of the Act who perform similar role as the information officer
Exempt information	Information which falls within any of the exemptions specified in sections 5 to 16 of the Act
Function	Powers and duties
Government	Any authority by which the executive authority of the Republic of Ghana is duly exercised
Information	Information according to the Act includes recorded matter or material regardless of form or medium in the possession or under the control or custody of a public institution whether or not it was created by the public institution, and in the case of a private body, relates to the performance of a public function.
Information officer	The information officer of a public institution or the officer designated to whom an application is made
Public	Used throughout this document to refer to a person who requires and/or has acquired access to information.
Public institution	Includes a private institution or organization that receives public resources or provides a public function

Term	Definition
Right to information	The right assigned to access information
Section	Different parts of the RTI Act

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