{"id":176553,"date":"2024-04-29T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/bawumia-promises-100-ghanaian-ownership-of-natural-resources-if-elected-president\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:29:32","slug":"bawumia-promises-100-ghanaian-ownership-of-natural-resources-if-elected-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/bawumia-promises-100-ghanaian-ownership-of-natural-resources-if-elected-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia promises 100% Ghanaian ownership of natural resources if elected president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has pledged to ensure 100% Ghanaian ownership of mineral resources if elected into power.<\/p>\n<p>This commitment stems from his observation that the current framework of Ghana\u2019s mining sector creates the perception that Ghanaians do not have full ownership of the country\u2019s minerals.<\/p>\n<p>Bawumia articulated this promise during his inaugural regional tour, commencing in the Eastern Region, where he engaged in discussions with religious leaders on April 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI am going to refocus our paradigm for natural resource management. For the most part, Ghana has not maximised the benefits of our natural resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSince the days of the Portuguese in the 15th century, gold has always been taken out of Ghana. We haven\u2019t 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt is as if right now we don\u2019t 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\u2019t 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,\u201d he stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dr Bawumia further assured that the current power challenges will soon be a thing of the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI know that there are challenges and I don\u2019t want to paper over economic challenges. We are going to work on them. Currently, we have\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">issues with power<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 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.\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has pledged to ensure 100% Ghanaian ownership of mineral resources if elected into power. This commitment stems from his observation that the current framework of Ghana\u2019s mining sector creates the perception that Ghanaians do not have full ownership of the country\u2019s minerals. 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