Mining: We will set up a novel Ghana Gold Board – Mahama
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has promised in the NDC manifesto that they will ban issuance of new mining leases and activities in forest reserves.
He also says they will amend the Mineral and Mining Law to impose stiffer punishment on mining in water bodies.
He said these while launching NDC 2024 manifesto on Saturday August 24 at Winneba.
Other plans for the mining sector as captured in the manifesto are;
- Decentralise regulatory and licensing processes for artisanal miners.
- Establish Mining Cooperatives in all mining districts.
- Set up a novel Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) to regulate small-scale mining.
- Implementing a ‘Tree for Life’ re-forestation policy with cocoa, palm and rubber.
- Implement a Blue Water Initiative to heal and harness the environment by turning areas and water bodies degraded by illegal mining into hubs of economic and ecological recovery.