Together, the Ga/Dangme Community's Chiefs and High Priests have implemented a daring plan to manage and seize all lands and royalties owed to the Ga state and the Greater Accra Region.
To that end, the Ga/Dangme Lands Administration (GDLA) has been established as the leading agency to carry out these ambitious plans by the four overlords of the Ga State: the Ga-Tse of the Tunnmma Royal Dynasty, who is the Crown King of Akra and the General Overseer; the Shi-Tse, the High-Priest of the Nungua Clan of the Ga State; the Nai-Wulomo, the High-Priest of the Ga State; and the Asere Clan of the Ga State.
He claims that because the GDLA operates as a Traditional Arbitration office under the authority of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 2010 (Act 798), its establishment is supported by the law.
The Lands Act 2020 (Act 1035), which declares that "An action concerning any land or interest in land in a registration district shall not be commenced in any court unless the procedures for resolution of disputes under the Alternative Resolution Act 2010 (Act 798) have been exhausted," was cited by Nii Ayi Tunnmaa II to support his position.
He noted that the statute grants the right of arbitration to the four overlords, or Traditional Authorities, of the Ga/Dangme States, as previously mentioned, and consequently to the GDLA, which was founded by the traditional Authorities.
In order to protect the Ga Dangme Communities' welfare and the development of their human capital, he continued, the GDLA was established to guarantee and enforce a well-coordinated and negotiated land management strategy.
He revealed that these kinds of actions feed the ongoing and numerous chieftaincy disputes that have engulfed the Ga/Dangme Communities, particularly the Ga State, which has been embroiled in a conflict over the legitimate Ga Mantse for nearly 20 years following the passing of the last substantive Ga Mantse, Boni Nii Amugi II.