The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), and Ghana Police Service have vehemently denied allegations of engaging land guards in their operations, refuting claims made in recent news reports. In separate statements, the institutions assured the public that they adhere to legal processes in dealing with land encroachments and criminal activities. […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has added 7.70 tonnes of gold to the country’s reserves as of the end of last month, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has stated. The measure, which is part of the central bank’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP), is aimed at increasing gold as the […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has launched this year’s Green Ghana Day project in Kumasi and charged institutions to take responsibility for their role in the continuous degradation of the environment. He said both the chieftaincy and government institutions could not claim innocence of activities of illegal miners within their respective jurisdictions. Consequently, the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed government is prioritising value addition in the natural resources sector to ensure the state derives optimal benefits. The government, he said, is also strengthening local content and local participation as well to ensure Ghanaians have more roles in the extraction of these resources. According to him, this is […]
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called on stakeholders in the natural resource sector to support the government’s agenda to build robust infrastructure for value addition in the sector. He said the policies and programmes the government had put in place for value addition were revolutionary and would ensure effective […]
The Caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has commissioned a Volkswagen (VW) vehicle assembly plant in Tema. With the opening of the €8million facility, the parent company, VW, will take over the vehicle assemblying responsibility from its licensed importer in Ghana, Universal Motors Limited (UML). With an installed capacity of 5,000 units […]
The Minerals Commission is to install tracking devices on 4,000 excavators and earthmoving equipment as part of measures to clamp down on illegal mining activities. Currently, 75 excavators have been affixed with tracking devices and their activities being monitored from a control room at the commission. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu […]
The government is rigorously working to pass a comprehensive Consumer Protection Bill to bolster consumer protection regime in Ghana, the caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry, Samuel Jinapor, has told Parliament. The overarching object of the bill is to protect, secure and defend the rights of consumers through a structured institutional mechanism and legal framework […]
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has asked managers of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) to judiciously utilise resources accruing to the fund for the benefit of mining communities. He said the mandate of MDF was crucial and consequential to the government’s quest to make mining beneficial to citizens. “Failure to […]
Former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen has officially handed over the sector to caretaker minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor. This follows a directive from the President, Nana Akufo-Addo through his Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. On Friday, January 13, President Akufo-Addo in a press release directed the Lands and Natural […]
From January 2023, the Ghana government will exchange gold for oil. That is gold produced locally will be exchanged for a portion of the petroleum needs of Ghana. The “Gold 4 Oil” programme will enable the country to use part of the gold produced locally to purchase oil as part of measures the government is […]
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has directed all owners, operators and users of excavators in the country to register their equipment with the metropolitan, municipal or district assembly (MMDA) within their jurisdiction latest by November 2, this year. The directive is part of a raft of measures the government is […]
