The Concerned Farmers Association of Afrispakrom, Terchire, Susuanso, and Adrobaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo area has actually contacted the Land Valuation Division of the Lands Commission to instantly pay all exceptional payment for lands, crops, and farm structures obtained for Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd’s Ahafo North mining task.
Resolving a press conference in Terchire on Monday, the Association turned down claims by Newmont categorizing farm structures in the location as “speculative” to stop payment under Executive Instrument (E.I.) 273 of 2024.
The group likewise raised immediate issues over the continuous predicament of members impacted by an earlier mandatory acquisition under E.I. 356 of 2023, who stay unsettled 3 years after state authorities acquired their lands and damaged their residential or commercial properties.
The core of the disagreement fixates the legal structure utilized to obtain the land and examine afflicted residential or commercial properties.
In June 2026, the Lands Commission informed the Association that Newmont had actually sent a petition declaring that structures coming from 21 farmers must be rejected settlement, counting on a 2017 cut-off date under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).
The Association keeps that Newmont’s petition depends on an inapplicable legal structure due to the fact that state authorities deserted settlements under mining laws and rather compulsorily obtained the lands under the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036).
Under Act 1036, enhancements to land are considered speculative just if put up after the official publication of the State’s notification of acquisition, without any statutory referral to mining policy cut-off dates.
All objected to structures were physically checked, counted, and confirmed throughout a 2024 joint workout monitored by a Ministerial Committee, with assessment records officially signed by agents of the Land Valuation Division, impacted farmers, and Newmont.
Following this confirmation, the Valuation Technical Committee of the Lands Commission authorized payment figures on April 13, 2026, which the farmers’ legal group accepted on April 24, 2026.
In addition to the postponed payments under E.I. 273 of 2024, the Association highlighted the total non-payment of claims under E.I. 356 of 2023, released on September 29, 2023.
State authorities seized those lands in December 2023 and damaged the homes of the impacted farmers, leaving them without settlement or alternative incomes for almost 3 years.
“Newmont is the recipient of the acquisition. It is not the State. It should not take control of the Lands Commission’s obligation to figure out, evaluate and pay settlement according to law.
The Commission needs to exercise its own judgment, use the law relatively and secure the rights of impacted homeowner”, John Mensah, Chairman of the farmers, mentioned.
Joseph Adu Yaw, Secretary of the farmers’ Association, worried that the farms were their only source of income which taking them away without paying settlement has actually left their households in challenge, including that a few of our members have actually passed away and some are really ill while awaiting payment.
“The Commission needs to provide us a clear composed description of any impressive problems and a certain schedule for payment,” he showed.
The Association is advising the Lands Commission to turn down Newmont’s petition, perform its statutory responsibilities separately, right away pay out the authorized payment under E.I. 273, accelerate impressive payments for E.I. 356 victims, and release a composed schedule with a certain schedule for complete settlement.
JoyNews connected to the management of Newmont for their action on the numerous concerns raised. It decreased to comment.
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