The Micro Ariel Projects L.L.C, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that is involved in Flight Research Development in Mapping and Survey made the donation in Accra on Monday.The sets come with complete tool box to repair the drones, high specs laptop, processing software and Terabyte External Hardware Drive. It has the capacity to fly for 25 minutes on the average.

 Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Lands Minister, who received the gift said, it had come at the time when six new regions had been created and clear-cut boundaries needed to be spelt-out for effective administration.

It would assist land administration, land commission survey, and mapping that would serve as data which could be retrieved electronically, he explained.

Mr Asomah-Cheremeh said the drones would facilitate the Land Administrative Project (LAP) three, which encourages Public-Private Participation as well as restore public confidence in land administration because delivery at 30 days had not been successful.

The donation, he said, would help capture property range and distinguish one region or regions from another, especially, with the created six additional regions.He said, boundaries would be set with certainty thereby ensuring accuracy, adding that it would bring effective administration at some districts that overlapped and as a result experienced conflicts when it came to property rate and taxation.

Again, it would assist individuals land owners to know their land boundaries and reduce land conflicts, the Minister added. Mr Asomah-Cheremeh said it would prevent unnecessary litigation as the Court would be cleared with a lot of land litigation.

He appealed for more of the drones to enable the Ministry work efficiently throughout the Country. Mr Walter Volkmann, President of the NGO said, the gesture was a good-will to the Ministry.

He said the objective of the Organisation which had worked in countries including the Philippines and Colombia is to build the local capacity in the assembly and operations of drones.

He said it was also to create a test field to check and certify the use of drones for mapping, assess attainable accuracies in using drones and assess the possibilities of using drones for cadastral surveying.

Mr Volkmann, a Surveyor said the gesture is to help advance the project of tackling land administration, especially, land right. He disclosed that some selected personnel from the MLNR and other institutions have been trained in flying, assembling of drones and to service them as well as serve as trainers of trainees.

He encouraged the youth to take advantage of the Information Technology era to acquire skills in the flying drones, which could also be used in checking the health of crops, illegal mining and others.

Mr Oliver Volkmann, an Engineer and the Operations Manager said, the technology was affordable and auto-operative which did not need exceptional flying skills and much manual work which could interrupt with programming.

There was a two-minute video show at some settlements in the Kumasi Metropolis on how the technology operates. Mr Benito Owusu-Bio and Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Deputy Ministers of MLNR, Mr Sulemana Mahama, Executive Secretary of Lands Commission, among other dignitaries graced the occasion.