Mr Justice S A Brobbey, a retired Supreme Court Judge, has called on all to embrace and nurture the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism for the settlement of land disputes.

He said the ADR concept had served as a complement to the traditional court system in making access to justice cheaper, easier, expeditious, non-adversarial and faster to the citizenry.

He said the concept helped in reducing the backlog of cases in the court substantially due to mass mediation.

Mr Justice Brobbey made the call on Wednesday at the 57th Founders Week Celebration of the Ghana Science and Arts Academy on the theme: 'Sustainable Land Administration in Ghana.'

Speaking on the topic: 'The Legal and Administrative Aspects of Ghana's Land Administration System,' he explained that to achieve a sustainable land administration in Ghana 'We must attempt to eliminate the difficulties sealed to land tittles with the view of finding solutions rather than going to court.'

He said the serial difficulties include procedures for registration of land generating problems and the problems weree caused by four protagonist in land administration.

Mr Justice Brobbey said issues of fraud, forgeries, impersonations, misinterpretations and all manner of wrongdoing and interminable delays in processing land documents were two complex issues confronting the Lands Commission.

He, therefore, suggested the computerisation of records on massive scale to facilitate checks and searches, application of laws on lands as interpreted by the courts and the implementation of the Land Administration Project, to ensure the codification of land matters to facilitate certainties of actions and procedures on land.

He cautioned property seekers to be extra vigilant when acquiring land from buyers.

The Academy's Anniversary programme started in November 1960 with intense activities, as attention is firmly focused on important national or topical issues.

The Founder's week starts with the Presidential Address delivered by the President of the Academy.

It is followed by a three-day symposium on a selected subject quite often, of topical or national interest.

The last day is usually dedicated to what used to be called the Anniversary lecture, now renamed the 'Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures' in memory of Ghana's first President.

GNA