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  Co-chairman for Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw has described as bogus the public forum organised by the Minerals Incomes Investment Fund to explore the concept and best practices of monetizing minerals royalties. According to him, the public forum does not constitute proper consultation as the government should have first come out with the amendment in the Agyapa deal after President Akufo-Addo directed the Finance Minister and the Attorney-General to correct the concerns raised by the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Speaki...

  Some aggrieved land and property owners at Mempeasem in East Legon say the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has failed in its justification of the demolition of their properties on April 27, 2021, under the aim of halting encroachment on state lands. The landlords in at a press conference following the demolition described it as illegal and called on the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minister for National Security to confirm or deny their role in the exercise which they say has led to the destruction of properties collectively worth Ghc2 million. According to the v...

  The Head of Corporate Communications and External Affairs for Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Mr Marlick Adjei has debunked the release from the stables of the Institute for Energy Security (IES) regarding BOST increased margins. From the release of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), a respected civil society organization, it is asking the government for a withdrawal of the purported upward adjustments in the margins as the petroleum margins were reviewed through the regulator of the petroleum downstream, National Petroleum Authority (NPA). According to th...

  In line with its Constitutional mandate of advising the President, Ministers of State and government appointees as well as officials of institutions of governance, the Council of State at its fourth session from 27th to 30th April 2021 has met with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Leadership of Parliament. According to the Secretary to the Council Mr William Kartey, the meeting with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor focused on strategies for tackling the menace of “galamsey” [illegal mining] and its...

  National Organizer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Yaw Asani Tano says the speech of Sir Sam Jonah at the Rotary Club programme has raised significant concerns about the ills of Ghana’s democracy. He, however, did not spare Sir Sam Jonah for being a major contributory factor of the concerns raised about the illegal mining [galamsey] menace in the country. In a press release copied to Peacefmonline.com, the National Organizer of the LPG accused Sir Sam Jonah of failing to help Ghana establish a gold refinery to add value to the gold to increase its profitability to boost the country...