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Date: Jul - 02 - 2021 , 15:15
BY: Ama Amankwah Baafi
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The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has commended government for the passage of the Mineral Development Fund Act 2016 (MDF Act 912) and the setting up of a Secretariat for the fund, all aimed at promoting socio-economic development in the various mining communities in the country.
It said the move was a substantial step towards responding to the deteriorating infrastructure and its deficit in those communities.
However, it said, the legislative framework was not a panacea to the problems confronting the mining communities.
Operational issues
At a press conference in Accra on the occasion of the maiden mineworkers’ week celebration, the General Secretary of the GMWU, Mr Mr Abdul-Moomin Gbana, raised some reservations about the operationalisation of the MDF and by extension, the pace of development in mining communities.
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