Executive Secretary Prof. Anthony Owusu-Ansah stated that all lessees are mandated to pay their annual ground rent on time, even without receiving a demand notice.Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Prof. Owusu-Ansah revealed that the Commission had collected GH¢40.7 million in ground rent as of August 2026, representing 90.4% of its GH¢45 million target for the year. The amount exceeds the GH¢32.02 million collected in 2025. He urged defaulters to clear their arrears promptly and called on those with expired leases to begin renewal to avoid legal sanctions.He added that the Commission is pursuing major reforms to modernize land administration and restore public confidence. Among them are the review of the 1999 National Land Policy expected to be completed in 2027, and new regulations for the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) currently before Parliament. The expansion of the Enterprise Land Information System (ELIS) has also cut the waiting time for official land searches from about a month to an average of seven working days.
The Project Coordinator of the Strategic Land Administration Reform Project (SLARP), Surv. Jones Ofori-Boadu, explained that the project is designed to fix long-standing challenges such as fragmented records, outdated maps dating back to 1974, and manual processes. He said SLARP will digitize records at the Lands Commission and the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands, expand services to districts, support customary land secretariats and develop a national cadastre to ensure a transparent and efficient land management system.
