Achimota School's Land

Background of the Land Encroachment Problem

Achimota School was founded in 1924. 

The land on which Achimota School is situated was acquired in 1921 by the then Gold Coast government from two Osu families. This is state owned land that is owned by the Government of Ghana vested in the President for the people of Ghana. In the past decade and a half this land, acquired by the state expressly for the public benefit, has been placed under very severe threat. 

Private developers have targeted the lands designated as Achimota School land to the detriment of the school’s capacity to meet the diverse needs of its ever growing body of students. 

In a very recent worrying development, private developers are encroaching on inhabited school land which is presently the site of two staff bungalows. These developers ordered the School’s teachers who are residents of the bungalows to vacate the bungalows so that they can begin demolition of Achimota School’s buildings. We need to act now to stop the illegal encroachment activity!