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  NPP National Youth Organizer, Nana Boakye has clarified President Nana Akufo-Addos position on mining in the country. The fight against illegal mining (galamsey) is one of the toughest fights in the country as any government that attempts to clamp down on the illegal miners rather incur the wrath of the people. Assuming office in 2017, the President promised Ghanaians he will eradicate illegal mining and further put his Presidency on the line should he fail to honor his promise. Despite the ...

Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has directed persons and/or companies engaged in reconnaissance and/or prospecting in Forest Reserves, with or without legal authorisation to suspend such activities until further notice. This caveat was contained in a notice under the signature of the sector Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, copy of which is in the possession of The Chronicle. Issued Thursday, April 22, 2021 the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has further di...

Press highlights collaboration between Ghana, Singapore on SMEs promotion, others Ghana-Press-Review April 23, 2021 to 10:52 78 APA – Accra (Ghana) The report of the collaboration between the Bank of Ghana and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to develop a programme to promote the growth of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises in the country is one of the trending stor...

  Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, says the Government is not against sanitized and regulated Small Scale Mining in Ghana. This, he indicated, was because regulated and legal mining had the potential of contributing to the development of local economies and there was the need to build consensus and support for a National Policy on Small Scale mining. “In fact, on the contrary, the Government wants to promote small scale mining but it has to be done in a more resp...

Speaking on the recent National Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, A Plus said the exercise is a waste of resources. He said the president lacks commitment in bringing the menace to an end because he has failed to deal with people within his government and party who are engaged in the illegal trade. “There is nobody who can go out there and do galamsey when his Excellency has said we should not unless you have a certain power." A Plus Pulse Ghana...

  Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt has backed the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor to curb illegal mining (galamsey) that has become the bane of the economy. The Minister, during a two-day National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, cautioned against illegal mining stressing sanctions and penalties imposed by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995) should be applied to all those who infringed the law, irrespective of political colour, soci...

  A former minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Inusah Fuseini, says although mining contributes to the development of the country, it must not be done to the detriment of the environment. According to him, unregulated small-scale mining destroyed the environment, polluted water bodies and posed health challenges to the people in areas they were done. "Past governments have attempted to deal with small-scale mining, all with little success; the recent one was the Inter-Ministerial Comm...

MP for Madina Constituency, Lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu Member of Parliament (MP) for Medina Constituency, Lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu, has called on President Akufo-Addo to be proactive in the fight against corruption and to “desist from fighting anti-corruption institutions and the use of security apparatus to intimidate independent journalists who seek to expose corruption in the performance of their duties.” The call was in response to President Akufo-Addo’s remarks and actions over th...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Bonney 705 Discussants at a plenary session of the National Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining have identified the lack of enforcement of laws against unregulated mining as one of the key factors responsible for illegal mining across the country. They said influence in the work of institutions regulating the mining sector was another factor. The discussants were a representative of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Nii Laryea Sowah; a representative of ...

+ President Akufo-Addo for two days held a national consultative dialogue in his attempt to build a political consensus against illegal mining as a way of intensifying the fight against galamsey. All political parties that participated in the 2020 elections were invited to be part of the dialogue that began on April 14, together with 16 other groups, with the hopes that they can agree on a common position against illegal mining and take needed steps to tackle it. The event took place at the Acc...