Dr. Steve Manteaw<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
THE CO-CHAIR of Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has said calls for outright ban of small scale mining in the country as means to control the illegal mining (galamsey) menace can affect revenue streams for national development.<\/p>\n
Dr. Manteaw stated this yesterday in Sunyani when he addressed stakeholders deliberating on findings and recommendations of 2021\/ 2022 annual GHEITI report in the management and use of the country\u2019s mineral resources including gold, oil and gas.<\/p>\n
Addressing various stakeholders including District and Municipal Assembly officials (DCEs and their finance officers), officials from the Ministry of Finance, small scale miners, the Minerals Commission, Ghana Gas, Administrator of Stool Lands, NGOs, chiefs, journalists and others,\u00a0 Dr. Manteaw rather called on President Akufo-Addo to show political will by declaring a disclaimer to allow security agencies to arrest and prosecute persons who perpetrate the illegal act, to serve as a deterrent to others.<\/p>\n
Dr. Manteaw praised the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for taking the bold step to destool three chiefs in his kingdom who indulged in\u00a0 galamsey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI, however, expected state security apparatus and prosecuting agencies like the police and the Attorney General\u2019s Department to follow up on Otumfuo\u2019s action, arrest the destooled chiefs, put them before court, and prosecute them. If found guilty they should be jailed to serve as a deterrent to others,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
He bemoaned the practice whereby political actors clothed with power to protect the country\u2019s resources rather engaged in illegalities.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the period in the mining and forestry sector, illegality rather increased with vested interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who have the power to stop it are themselves in it. Where there is evidence that DCEs and ministers are engaged in illegal mining, they should be used as examples,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
According to him, to stop the canker, small scale miners who operate with licences but fail to adhere to mining rules and regulations must be arrested, sanctioned and their licences revoked or not renewed when it is time for renewal.<\/p>\n
In a presentation, Fadil Iddi, an Assistant Economic Officer at GHEITI, disclosed that aggregated output of gold production (small and large scale) rose from 2.820 million ounces in 2021 to 3.735 million ounces in 2022, emphasising growth in production was due to concurrent growth in output of both small scale artisanal mining and large scale producers.<\/p>\n
Gold revenue also increased from over $4m to over $5m within the same period.<\/p>\n
The workshop, which was to disseminate findings and recommendations of the revenue use and management of mineral sectors of the economy to ensure transparency and participation by citizens, was chaired by acting President of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Nana Kwaku Sarbeng II, who is also the Akwamuhene.<\/p>\n
FROM Daniel Y. Dayee, Sunyani<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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