The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has engaged the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) as part of consultations on reforms in Ghana’s extractive sector.
The discussions focused on the challenges within the small-scale mining sector and practical ways to promote responsible mining while protecting the environment, creating jobs and strengthening local value addition.
At the engagement, held on Thursday, August 27, Dr Bawumia said the discussions were aimed at finding practical measures to protect the environment while creating jobs and strengthening local value addition in the mining sector.
“Together with members of the NPP’s Identifiable Groups Committee on the Extractive Sector, I had a productive engagement today with the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners as part of our ongoing consultations with key stakeholders,” he said in a social media post.
He said the consultations formed part of efforts to build a more sustainable and productive extractive sector.
Dr Bawumia also pledged to continue engaging stakeholders as discussions on reforms in the sector progress.
