The NDC campaign Committee on mining has urged miners in the Ashanti Region to vote for the flag bearer of the party, John Mahama, for a robust mining sector.
According to a member of the committee, Mr Michael Kwadwo Peprah, the mining sector has to be sanitised with policies that will sustain the profession unlike what players in the industry are witnessing under the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government.
Peprah, the President of the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana, at a community engagement at Manso Akwasiso and Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region, said the NDC has plans to decentralise the licensing regime of miners.
“We know the challenges small-scale miners are going through. We want to tell you that the next NDC government will encourage cooperative mining to tackle all these bottlenecks hindering your progress.”
“In this industry, it is the small-scale mining that is creating significant jobs for the youth. For instance 5 of you miners can come together to form a group and apply for a licence to work.”
He further assured them that licensing would be done for miners with the requisite documents in a manner that would make their work easy.
The NDC Manifesto Committee on Mining have been engaging small-scale miners Manso Watreso, Subin, Antoakrom, Datano, and Tontokrom in the Ashanti Region.
The team is being led by Chairman of the committee Dr Tony Aubynn who is a former CEO of the Ghana Minerals Commission.
By: Lawrence Odoom/newsalertgh.com
