Be warned, this is a rant. I notice I'm complaining a lot about life in Ghana now. I guess the scales finally fell off from someone's eyes.For the past several months I've been trying to get proper documentation for a piece of land, but it is taking so long, and there's not a thing I can do about it.First I had to find a surveyor to come do his magic so he could give me some paper showing the land and its location in latitudes and longitudes. I pay this guy but it takes him 3 weeks to produce the document because he has to get it signed in some head office and things take a while there.Finally I get this document. Then I pay someone else (the chief's relative) to get me a registered indenture and that takes 3 weeks.Then the indenture has to get signed by the chief and all who co-own the land with him. Some of them live far away in Suhum. But all the signatories must sign and they all want their cut so I have to pay them all. sigh. I've done this, but a week has gone by already and still, only the chief has signed. Thankfully I've only paid half the money so hopefully they'll speed it up since they want the rest.Next, I have to get a land title certificate. I don't even know where I need to go to get this. Does anyone here know? Is there a way to do it quickly?Following that, I'll need to get a building permit. Will I be able to do all this in the next month? Someone said it will take at least 3 months to get the land title certificate! I'm already tired. Why does it have to be so hard? Will I have any money left to build that Hollywood crib once this is all over?More on www.fienipa.comBy Esi Cleland, a copywriter at Publicis Ghana. To read more of her articles, visit Blog: http://www.maameous.com