Collected Ground Rent Hits GH¢40.7m as of August 2026- Lands Commission
The Lands Commission has collected GH¢40.7 million in ground rent as of August 2026, exceeding the total amount collected in all of 2025.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Anthony Owusu-Ansah, disclosed this at a press briefing on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
According to him, the GH¢40.7 million represents 90.4 per cent of the Commission’s GH¢45 million annual target for 2026, and surpasses the GH¢32.02 million collected in 2025.
Prof. Owusu-Ansah attributed the improved collection to enhanced compliance measures and ongoing reforms in land administration.
He, however, warned that the Commission has initiated legal proceedings against lessees of State and vested lands who have defaulted on ground rent payments, with full enforcement measures expected to be rolled out in 2027.
He stressed that all lessees are obliged to pay their annual ground rent when due, whether or not they have received a demand notice, and urged defaulters to settle outstanding payments promptly.
He also encouraged lessees with expired leases to begin the renewal process to avoid possible legal consequences.
Prof. Owusu-Ansah said the Commission is pursuing wider reforms to modernise land administration, improve accountability and restore public confidence in land management in Ghana.
He cited the ongoing review of the 1999 National Land Policy, with a new policy expected in 2027, and said proposed regulations for the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) are currently before Parliament for consideration.
The Commission, he added, is also expanding its Enterprise Land Information System (ELIS), which has reduced the turnaround time for official land searches from about one month to an average of seven working days in areas where the digital service is operational.
Providing further insight, the Project Coordinator of the Strategic Land Administration Reform Project (SLARP), Surv. Jones Ofori-Boadu, said the project was designed to address long-standing challenges including fragmented records, outdated maps, manual processes and delays in service delivery.
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