GoldBod withdraws plan to acquire Parks and Gardens land for head office
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has withdrawn its proposal to acquire about three acres of land belonging to the Department of Parks and Gardens at Cantonments in Accra for the construction of its permanent head office. The decision follows public criticism of the proposed arrangement, which would have seen GoldBod acquire the land in exchange […]
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has canceled its plan to buy land owned by the Department of Parks and Gardens in Accra for the construction of its main office. This change occurred after people criticized the idea, which would have seen GoldBod take the land in return for building a new main office and extra spaces for the Department of Parks and Gardens.
On September 4, 2026, GoldBod's leader, Samuel Gyamfi, wrote a letter to the main boss of the Department of Parks and Gardens. In the letter, Gyamfi said they were formally cancelling the idea. GoldBod had first suggested the plan on August 20, 2026, wanting about three acres of land in Cantonments. They said they needed the land to create a new main office building for Parks and Gardens.
This building would include offices for many different parts of the company, like administration, technology, and buying and selling gold. GoldBod wanted to make this building together with other spaces like storage rooms and other things needed by both groups. People did not like the plan, so GoldBod decided to stop it and keep the land for its own uses.
Gyamfi thanked the Department of Parks and Gardens for working together and talking about the plan. He said he considered their cooperation very important.
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