Ghana Institution of Surveyors — professional body advocating for land valuations and governance reforms, recently collaborating with Roads Ministry on compensation assessments.
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) is pushing for the passage of its Governing Council Bill following Cabinet approval of the proposed legislation. …
… He said this while delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 40th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Valuation and Estate Surveying (VES) Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) in Takoradi. …
… Delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 40th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Valuation and Estate Surveying (VES) Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) in Takoradi, the Minister said the conference theme, “Advancing Valuation and Estate S …
… Cost 5: Survey and Due Diligence A licensed surveyor, a member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, physically inspects the land to confirm boundaries and check for encroachments, with fees commonly in the range of GH cedi 1,000 to 8,000 depending on size and complexity, per Gh …
… As the RICS and GhIS-affiliated Property Databank guide states plainly, a non-citizen, including a diaspora member who does not hold Ghanaian citizenship, can legally own property but only on a leasehold basis, with a maximum term of 50 years, and cannot hold freehold regardless …
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and the Ministry of Roads and Highways have agreed to strengthen collaboration on the assessment and payment of compensation to persons affected by road projects.According to a statement issued by the GhIS, the decision was reached at a m …
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) has cautioned public authorities against automatically interpreting differences between compensation claims and assessments by acquiring authorities as evidence of fraud or professional misconduct. …
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) has rejected suggestions that differences between compensation claims and assessments automatically amount to professional misconduct or deliberate inflation. …
… etropolitan Area Management in Ghana: Towards Integrated Planning, Governance and Infrastructure Delivery,” jointly organised by the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA), Ghana Institute of Planning (GIP), and Ghana Institution of Surveyors …
Board committees—audit, risk, nomination, and remuneration—are critical to corporate oversight but remain underexamined in African governance. The Boardroom Governance Summit, now in its fourth year, convenes about 1,000 executives and policymakers annually to discuss board governance; this year's October 7, 2026 event at Labadi Beach Hotel focuses on committee structures and their impact on organisational performance.
Board committees—audit, risk, nomination, and remuneration—are critical to corporate oversight but remain underexamined in African governance. The Boardroom Governance Summit, now in its fourth year, convenes about 1,000 executives and policymakers annually to discuss board governance; this year's October 7, 2026 event at Labadi Beach Hotel focuses on committee structures and their impact on organisational performance.
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors is pushing for parliamentary approval of its Governing Council Bill, which has already received Cabinet approval. The Institution is also proposing to consolidate its divisional conferences into a single institutional service week to address employer concerns over workflow disruptions and costs.
Ghana's Western Regional Minister Joseph Nelson called for stronger collaboration among institutions in the land and property sector, saying professional partnerships are essential to sustainable national development. He made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the 40th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Valuation and Estate Surveying Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors in Takoradi.
The Western Regional Minister has called for stronger collaboration among institutions in Ghana's land and property sector, describing professional partnership as essential to sustainable national development. He noted that valuation and estate surveying are critical to investment, taxation, compensation, infrastructure, property management and land administration.
Property buyers in Ghana must budget beyond the headline purchase price; the true cost includes stamp duty, legal fees, registration, and VAT—which changed significantly on 1 January 2026—with the total depending on whether the purchase is from a private seller or developer.
Foreign and diaspora buyers in Ghana face legal distinctions between freehold (unlimited ownership) and leasehold (fixed-term rights), with the Land Act 2020 governing what non-citizens can hold. Most Ghanaian land is held by traditional authorities as stool, skin, clan, or family land, which shapes ownership rights available to buyers.
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors and the Ministry of Roads and Highways have agreed to strengthen collaboration on assessing and paying compensation to persons affected by road projects, following the Minister's concerns about discrepancies in valuations between independent assessors and state agencies that were contributing to project delays.
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors has cautioned public authorities against automatically interpreting differences between compensation claims and assessments by acquiring authorities as evidence of fraud or professional misconduct, following the Minister for Roads and Highways' statement that the government was considering reporting two quantity surveyors to the Economic and Organised Crime Office over alleged attempts to inflate compensation claims for road project-affected properties.
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors has rejected suggestions that differences between compensation claims and assessments automatically amount to professional misconduct or deliberate inflation, stating that differences may legitimately arise from various factors and each case must be examined on its facts and supporting evidence.
Built environment professionals have called for urgent reforms to Ghana's metropolitan governance system to address urbanisation, infrastructure delivery, transportation, sanitation, flooding, and land-use management challenges in major urban centres including Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi, and Greater Sekondi-Takoradi. Participants noted that while decentralisation has increased the number of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, it has created fragmented governance structures that hinder coordinated planning and service delivery across contiguous urban areas.
Built environment professionals are calling for urgent reforms to Ghana's metropolitan governance system to address urbanisation, infrastructure delivery, transportation, sanitation, flooding, and land-use management challenges. Participants noted that while decentralisation has increased the number of MMDAs, it has created fragmented governance structures that hinder coordinated planning and service delivery across urban areas.
Ghana's real estate sector attracts significant investor interest but conceals legal, institutional and socio-cultural vulnerabilities that expose buyers to financial and legal risks, including issues like multiple sales of single parcels and litigation engineered as business strategy.