{"id":203661,"date":"2024-07-27T09:24:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/27\/joint-committee-face-backlash-over-electrochem-salt-mining-lease-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T09:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:24:49","slug":"joint-committee-face-backlash-over-electrochem-salt-mining-lease-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/27\/joint-committee-face-backlash-over-electrochem-salt-mining-lease-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Committee face backlash over Electrochem salt mining lease report \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A joint committee of Parliament is facing criticism over its report concerning the salt mining lease\u00a0awarded to Electrochem\u00a0in Ada.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Energy and Lands Committee has advised against any revision of the lease given to the company.<\/p>\n

This recommendation comes despite reports of police and military violence against local residents, including the death of a miner and numerous injuries.<\/p>\n

Residents of Ada have raised concerns about the lease, which they say has displaced many of them from their traditional small-scale salt mining activities.<\/p>\n

Christian Corletey Otuteye, the MP for the area, has voiced strong objections to the committee\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n

He criticized the report for granting\u00a0Electrochem a monopoly on<\/strong>\u00a0salt mining in the region, which he argues has driven local miners out of business.<\/p>\n

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