Land Valuation Division (LVD) of the Lands Commission, under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has announced that it has begun a national exercise to revalue all properties in the country.
The exercise is aimed at helping in the administration of property rate by the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in accordance with section 22 of the Lands Commission Act 2008 (Act 767) as well as section 146, sub-section 8 of the Local Governance Act 2016, Act 936.
This was stated in a statement issued yesterday in Accra and signed by the Acting Director, Land Valuation Division, Lands Commission, Justice Morgan.
According to the statement, the exercise was being undertaken in phases, beginning with the following five (5) assembly areas in the Greater Accra Region.
These Assemblies are Ga South Municipality (Weija, McCarthy Hill, Aplaku and its environs); Ga East Municipal (Abokobi, Agbogba, Ashorman and its environs); Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal (Teshie, Nungua and its environs); Adentan Municipal (Adentan, Adjirigano, Trassacco and its environs), and; Tema Metropolitan (Tema Township, Sakumono, Adjei Kojo, all communities).
In this regard, LVD informed, especially property owners, that the national exercise which begun 10th July, 2017, has since seen its field officers visiting properties in the above assembly areas, collecting relevant information for the valuation purposes.
The LVD officers will have official photo identification cards in addition to mobile digital devices with property data collection application for the collection of the following information, among others: building constructional characteristics; property owners’ name and address, including email addresses; property owners’ mobile phone numbers for effective communication (text messages, etc.,) between LVD, the assemblies and property owners), and; photographs of the front view of properties.
According to the Lands Valuation Division, the exercise was free, thereby entreating property owners not to pay any money to any field officer.
The field officer will not be in the position to provide any information on the value of your property as this process has been computerised.
In the statement, LVD cautioned that is an offence for any property owner to obstruct officers from performing carrying out their lawful duty.
Against this backdrop, the statement urged property owners to cooperate with the field LVD officials.
“The general public, especially property owners, are therefore being requested to take note and assist the officials from the Land Valuation Division for the success of this national assignment,” it stated.
The Land Valuation Division office may be contacted on the following telephone numbers, which has been displayed on the photo identification cards of the field officers: 0302 429 787 or 0302 429 760 (Ext. 560), the statement urged.
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