Accra, Ghana — Friday, 31 July 2026 – The Sierra Leone study tour of Ghana’s land sector has drawn to a close after five days of intensive knowledge exchange, with the delegation set to depart for Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday 1 August 2026 for the second leg of the mission.
Led by Deputy Secretary Alusine Sesay of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, the multi-institutional team engaged a broad cross-section of Ghana’s land administration ecosystem.
The Ghana Land Commission, which coordinated the tour, arranged a programme that combined high-level policy discussions with hands-on technical exposure.
Over the course of the week, the delegation held substantive sessions with the leadership of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Ghana Land Commission, the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana (LiSAG), the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL), the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA), and the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), among other key agencies.
A highlight of the tour was a field visit to the Customary Land Secretariat in Gbawe, where the team observed first-hand how grassroots customary land administration is being strengthened.
The delegation toured the data centres of both the Ghana Land Commission and the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands, gaining valuable insights into the technological backbone supporting Ghana’s digital land service delivery.
Presentations and roundtable discussions centred on the architecture of Ghana’s Land Administration Reforms, covering institutional and legislative frameworks, the mandate of the Lands Commission, and the country’s journey towards digital transformation in land services.
In a spirit of reciprocal learning, the Sierra Leone delegation also shared its own reform experience, highlighting progress under the Sierra Leone Land Administration Project and the evolving role of the National Land Commission.
Head of delegation Alusine Sesay described the Accra programme as a rich and practical learning experience.
“The depth and breadth of the engagements have exceeded our expectations. From policy design to community-level implementation and the use of technology to drive efficiency, we are leaving Ghana with concrete ideas that can be adapted to our legal, institutional and technological reform agenda back home,” he said.
The touring party — comprising officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, the National Land Commission, the Office of the Administrator and Registrar General, Medici Land Governance, and Paramount Chief PC Bai Forki Fenka of Maforki Chiefdom — now moves to Kenya for further comparative learning before returning to Freetown.
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