Accra, Ghana — Monday, 27 July 2026 – A high-level delegation from Sierra Leone, led by the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, Alusine Sesay, has commenced a two-week study tour in Ghana, with a subsequent leg planned in Kenya. The mission is designed to draw lessons from Ghana’s widely acclaimed land sector reforms as Sierra Leone pursues its own comprehensive transformation covering legal, institutional and technological dimensions.
The touring party brings together key institutions including the Sierra Leone Land Administration Project, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, the National Land Commission, the Office of the Administrator and Registrar General, Medici Land Governance, and traditional authority represented by Paramount Chief PC Bai Forki Fenka of Maforki Chiefdom.
The programme opened in Accra on Monday with a courtesy call on Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The delegation then moved to the headquarters of the Ghana Land Commission, where the study tour was formally launched.
Delivering the keynote address, head of delegation Alusine Sesay, who is the Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, underscored the timeliness of the peer-learning exercise. He noted that Sierra Leone is at a pivotal stage of its land reform journey and that the Ghanaian experience—often referenced as a benchmark on the continent—offers practical insights the country intends to adapt to its own context.
The Commissioner General of Sierra Leone’s National Land Commission took the floor to present the current status of the Commission, outlining its evolving mandate, achievements to date, and the specific areas where the team seeks to learn from its Ghanaian counterpart. The presentation set the stage for a series of technical sessions, site visits and institutional exchanges that will occupy the delegation during its stay in Ghana, before the tour moves to Kenya for further comparative learning.
The study tour reflects the deepening South-South cooperation in land governance and signals Sierra Leone’s determination to anchor its land administration reforms on tested regional best practices.
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