Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to establish district mining offices in all mining areas across the country.
He stated that in those district mining offices, officers from the Minerals Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will receive mining license applications.
These officers will also monitor small-scale mining practices to ensure that they follow best practices, he said.
Mr Mahama made these remarks on Thursday, February 1, while speaking to small-scale miners in Nsutem, Fanteawkwa South Constituency, Eastern Region, as part of his Building Ghana Tour.
He stated, “Every district will have a district mining office, which will include a Minerals Commission officer and an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officer.
“If you want to apply for a mining license, go to your district office; when you start mining, they will come and supervise to make sure you are doing everything correctly.
“Aside from that, we will employ the graduates from the University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa, everybody who has a small-scale concession and you are mining we will attach those young mining engineers to you so that they will teach you how to go about mining in safety so that people don’t die on your mining site and you are able to mine properly without misadventure.”
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