On Wednesday, 22nd June 2022, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon. Henry Quartey led members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to undertake a demolition exercise on 200 acres of fenced land belonging to the State under the care of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI).
According to the Minister, out of the over 1,300 acres of lands owned by the State under the care of CSRI, over 900 acres have been encroached on, with the remaining 200 being sold out by unknown persons.
Hon. Henry Quartey in an interview urged the occupants of the over 900 acres of land, to get assistance from the lands commission to assist them get executive instruments, and to be able to register their properties in their names since none of them has documents or permits after over 20years of building.
He admonished the REGSEC team to demolish everything to ground zero, ie. all existing and new spring-up buildings within the 200 acres of fenced land should be demolished.