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Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OKYENHENE, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has kicked against government\u2019s Community Mining Programme, saying mining holds no promising future for Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he h"},"modified":"2019-07-29T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:51:57","slug":"okyenhene-kicks-against-mining-roots-for-pfj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/29\/okyenhene-kicks-against-mining-roots-for-pfj\/","title":{"rendered":"Okyenhene Kicks Against Mining; Roots For PFJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin <\/strong><\/p>\n

The OKYENHENE, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has kicked against government\u2019s Community Mining Programme, saying mining holds no promising future for Ghana.<\/p>\n

However, he has pledged immense support for Government\u2019s Planting Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme, describing it as the biggest agricultural policy ever.<\/p>\n

According to the Okyenhene, the future of Akyem Abuakua depended on agriculture and not mining.<\/p>\n

The Okyenhene made the remarks when the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, paid a courtesy call on him at his Palace at Kyebi on Monday, July 29, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur option is planting for food and jobs because it\u2019s sustainable, \u201d according to him. <\/p>\n

He added that \u201cPlanting for food and jobs I will say again and again is our future and not community mining.\u201d<\/p>\n

Government introduced the Community Mining scheme after it lifted the ban on illegal mining as part of efforts to promote responsible and sustainable mining.<\/p>\n

But the Okyenhene was of the strong conviction that \u201cCommunity Mining and Planting for Food and Jobs cannot co-exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Explaining his opposition to community mining, he said \u201cwe are worried not because it\u2019s a new policy. We are worried whether we are going to achieve a different result.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed out the destruction that has been caused to river bodies and the environment over several decades and how Ghana has not benefitted as it should from mining.<\/p>\n

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He made particular reference to the disparity in development between Johannesburg in South Africa and Obuasi in Ghana.<\/p>\n

While both Obuasi and Johannesburg are known for mining, he said, the latter was developed while the former remained in a poor state.<\/p>\n

The Okyenhene wondered why the Lands Ministry is in a \u2018haste\u2019 to go ahead with the Community mining programme when the reclamation exercise for lands destroyed by illegal mining activities was not yet completed.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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