In parts of Ghana, the position of a chief and land are intrinsically linked. The desire to control economic resources especially land attached to the stool or skin office, has served as an impetus for intense contestation in the chieftaincy successions in peri-urban areas. However, urban expansion has manifested in depriving successive customary land trustees or chiefs of revenues from peri-urban land transactions due to a growing shortage of vacant lands. As a result, several dynamics and strategies unfold when new chiefs are installed in the land market space. This paper examines customary successions and re-issuance of land documents in three selected peri-urban communities in Kumasi, where land is increasingly becoming scarce. The study adopted a qualitative survey design approach where data were collected from land developers in three purposively selected peri-urban communities in Kumasi. The paper finds that newly installed chiefs re-issued land documents such as allocation notes, site plans, and receipts to property developers as revenue mobilization strategies. The re-issuance does not seek to improve the old records but has more to do with the monetary incentives. The practice imposes a financial burden on the developers with non-indigenes paying higher amounts, undermining the previous chiefs' authority, and creating uncertainty and confusion in the land market. It is recommended that the traditional leaders led by the National House of Chiefs should develop rules and regulations to regulate how newly installed chiefs should deal with lands that their predecessors have already allocated. The study results also underscore the need for the chiefs to invest portions of 'drink money' they take from land grants to benefit succeeding generations.

在加纳的部分地区，酋长的职位与土地有着内在的联系。控制经济资源的愿望，尤其是附属于凳子或皮肤办公室的土地，已成为城郊地区酋长继承权争夺激烈的推动力。然而，由于空置土地的日益短缺，城市扩张的表现是剥夺了连续的传统土地受托人或酋长从城郊土地交易中获得的收入。因此，当新的酋长进入土地市场空间时，就会出现一些动态和策略。本文研究了土地日益稀缺的库马西三个选定的城郊社区的土地文件继承和重新签发的习惯。该研究采用定性调查设计方法，从库马西三个有目的地选择的城郊社区的土地开发商那里收集数据。该论文发现，新上任的酋长向房地产开发商重新发布了土地文件，例如分配说明、场地计划和收据，作为收入调动策略。重新发行并不寻求改善旧记录，而是更多地与货币激励有关。这种做法给开发商带来了经济负担，非土著支付更高的金额，削弱了前任酋长的权威，并在土地市场上造成了不确定性和混乱。建议以国家酋长院为首的传统领导人制定规章制度，规范新任酋长应如何处理其前任已分配的土地。研究结果还强调了酋长们需要投资他们从土地赠款中获得的部分“饮料钱”，以造福后代。