{
  "id": 9191606,
  "title": "Poor land acquisition for development projects pushing people into poverty – Prof Helen Essandoh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/poor-land-acquisition-for-development-projects-pushing-people-into",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T20:18:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/poor-land-acquisition-for-development-projects-pushing-people-into-poverty-prof-helen-essandoh/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Professor Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, Director of the Regional Transport, Research and Education Centre (TRECK) at KNUST, has highlighted the issue of impoverished individuals due to inadequate land acquisition and resettlement for development projects. While development initiatives are progressing nationwide, some developers fail to properly acquire land and resettle affected residents, thereby limiting the maximum benefits that such projects can provide. \"Development projects are being executed across the country, but sometimes developers fail to properly acquire lands and resettle the affected persons,\" said Essandoh. \"When it comes to development projects, governments and others try to develop them as well as they can, but it comes with environmental risks and social issues which are sometimes neglected.\"",
  "summary": "Director of the Regional Transport, Research and Education Centre (TRECK) at KNUST, Professor Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, has observed that many people are being impoverished by the failure to properly acquire land and resettle inhabitants for development projects.",
  "key_points": [
    "Poor land acquisition and resettlement push people into poverty.",
    "Development projects proceed despite inadequate land acquisition.",
    "Professor Helen Essandoh highlights the issue at KNUST."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Poor land acquisition for development projects pushing people into poverty – Helen Essandoh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/poor-land-acquisition-for-development-projects-pushing-people-into-9194467",
        "published": "2026-09-22T20:34:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}