Bawumias Bold Solutions For Mining Sector Is A Game Changer NAPO

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, NPP Vice Presidential Candidate, has described Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's bold solutions for the mining sector as a "game changer" and asked stakeholders in the sector to embrace these solutions.

According to him, these bold solutions will usher in a golden age for Ghanaian-owned small-scale mining and create wealth and jobs while promoting responsible and sustainable mining.

Addressing the Chiefs and people of two key mining constituencies in the Western Region, Prestea Huni Valley and Mpohor, on Sunday, September 8, 2024, as part of his constituency campaign tours, Dr. Opoku Prempeh emphasized that the NPP’s primary objective is always to manage Ghana's mineral resources to benefit the people as well as stimulate economic growth without compromising the environment.

NAPO, as he is affectionately called, added Dr. Bawumia's bold solutions which shall include formalizing, regularizing and regulating environmentally sustainable small-scale mining will ultimately ensure a more responsible mining practices while assisting small-scale mining companies to grow into larger enterprises through capacity building and access to financing for equipment acquisition.

“I can assure you that next NPP government under Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will establish, in collaboration with the private sector, a Minerals Development Bank to support the mining industry. We will also set up a pension scheme for small-scale miners like we have done for cocoa farmers. We have the credibility when we say we are going to do this because we have done it before”, he assured.

In respect of formalizing the mining sector, the vice presidential candidate said they will license all miners doing responsible mining and create Districts Mining Committee which will include the Chiefs.

The Committee will provide temporary licenses to the miners and as long as they mine within the limit of their licenses, there will be no seizure or burning of excavators.

He stressed emphatically that there will be no mining in water bodies.

The NPP Running Mate urged the people to vote massively for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to become the next President of Ghana and implement his bold solutions.

He also rallied support of the residents in Prestea Huni Valley and Mpohor constituencies for his party's parliamentary candidates, Barbara Oteng Gyasi and John Kobina Sanie respectively.