Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, has stated that if elected, Ghana will own 100% of its mineral resources.
This dedication is a result of his observation that Ghanaians are perceived as not fully owning the nation’s minerals due to the current structure of the mining industry in Ghana.
During his first regional trip, which began on April 29, 2024, in the Eastern Region with talks with religious leaders, Bawumia made this commitment.
“I am going to refocus our paradigm for natural resource management. For the most part, Ghana has not maximised the benefits of our natural resources.
“Since the days of the Portuguese in the 15th century, gold has always been taken out of Ghana. We haven’t benefitted much from our natural resources; I am going to change that paradigm. I am going to bring a bigger focus on ownership of our natural resources.
“It is as if right now we don’t own our natural resources. I believe that if we do the exploration; and we are going to empower our universities and the geological service department to do the exploration, once we explore that we have seven gold belts that we haven’t yet discovered. Once we have explored and we know that the gold is here, the new policy is going be that the ownership of those resources will be one hundred per cent owned by Ghanaians,” he stated.
Dr. Bawumia also stated that the current electricity difficulties would soon be resolved.
“I know that there are challenges and I don’t want to paper over economic challenges. We are going to work on them. Currently, we have issues with power but I say that from the information I have received from the minister for energy, those power challenges will very soon, and I mean very soon be a thing of the past.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
