Ghana has presented documentation to the United Nations (UN) for the extension of the continental shares on our borders. Government says some countries are contesting Ghana’s position while others are also in support of the decision by Ghana. “Right now other countries are supposed to make their submissions and try to contest our positions. Some countries agree with our positions, some countries, because of the oil discovery, it seem to be very difficult”. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Henry Ford Kamel, dropped the hint when he read a speech on behalf of his sector Minister at the opening of a two-day seminar by the Ghana Institution of Surveyors in Accra on Wednesday. The Seminar is under the theme: “The Land Surveyor: Agent of Development in the oil and Gas Industry”. The Deputy Minister observed that there cannot be development in the country without the management of our land, which surveyors are key stakeholders. “Government is determined to reduce poverty, create jobs, to push economic growth forward and all these depend on sustainable management of land and when you talk about sustainable management of land, you can never do without a land surveyor”, he added. The President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, Daasebre Professor Nana Oti Boateng, re-iterated that Ghana’s oil find could become a curse or a blessing depending on how it is managed. Daasebre Oti Boateng said good governance has been the core problem of Africa that is why the continent is endowed with several natural resources, including oil and gas, but it is the poorest continent on the planet. “Very soon people all over Africa will demand and they need to demand good governance and accountability. We therefore need to have an effective oil and gas management in the country devoid of corruption”. He was of the view that Ghana must fuse the power for linkage between industry and agriculture, oil in the country. “The petro carbon industry should produce enough fertilizers for all agriculture production to feed the nation and for export. The ultimate utilization of the petroleum bye-product for road construction should create more jobs in the economy to benefit the ordinary Ghanaians and enhance the economy,” he stressed. Daasebre Oti Boateng called for the establishment of innovative mechanism with legal backing to ensure that, all land surveying in the country will be done only by qualified surveyors since their activities could jeopardize the peace of the country. Making reference to happenings in other countries that have oil and gas, but have seen no peace, Daasebre Oti Boateng, who is also the Paramount Chief of New Juabeng Traditional Area, advised that due to the era of globalization, these happenings in some states such as the Arabs states have got a ripple effect on other countries. “We are linked in so many ways that we cannot get away from each other. That is why the current happenings in some Arab states have ripple effects on the rest of the world especially, with its influencing impact on oil prices world-wide. Therefore let us utilize the opportunity created by our oil and gas friends to build a solid future in which our common humanity is more important than our individual interest. Let us build on positive and reduce negatives forces associated with the oil and gas explorations,” he noted.