On Wednesday,20th August 2025, the CEO of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Martin Ayisi, engaged with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) regarding the proposed amendment of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703). He outlined the rationale behind the comprehensive reforms, citing over a decade of operational challenges and the need for modernization. “The Minerals and Mining Act and its accompanying regulations, established in 2012, have been in effect for approximately thirteen years. Throughout this period, we have encountered significant implementation challenges. As is often the case, when strategies prove ineffective, a strategic pivot is necessary. However, it is…
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Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Minerals Commissions responsible for Policy Planning, Mineral Titles and Local Content, Ms. Victoria Awuni, led delegation of management staff to pay a courtesy call to the Australian High Commissioner in Ghana. Ms. Awuni for and on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Martin Kwaku Ayisi, expressed the gratitude of Management and staff of the Commission for the growing raproshma between the Australian High Commission and Minerals Commission in fostering investor interest, trust and confidence in the Ghanaian mining industry. On the part of the Australian High Commission, Her Excellency Berenice Owen-Jones, expressed excitement over…
On August 14, 2025, the Minerals and Mining Policy Review Committee of the Minerals Commission held a consultation session with members of the Ghana Mine Workers’ Union (GMWU) at the Clubhouse of Tarkwa Goldfields in the Western Region. The Deputy General Secretary of the Union, Mr Jerry Andoh, welcomed and introduced the delegation from Minerals Commission to the members. During his presentation, Mr. Benjamin Aryee, Chairman of the Review Committee underscored government’s pivotal role in policy formulation, providing a comprehensive backdrop to the policy document. This encompassed a historical trajectory of the policy and legislation, dating back to the colonial…
The chairman of Zion Artisans, Spare Sparts and Food Sellers Association of Ghana in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Osei Asibey, has expressed the need for the government to pay attention to aŕtisans in the country. Stressing that the sidelining and neglect of artisans poses a threat to anger the country’s economic growth, it needs swift intervention by the government. These skilled crafts artisans cannot be overstated but imbue their work as a gateway to project the country’s image internationally, while creating jobs for the teeming youth. Speaking to the media, Mr Asibey projected that Ghanaian artisans are more than just…
The Chief Executive Officer for Kumah Farms and Training Institute located at Anwomaso in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Martin Kwaku Siaw, known as Nana Kumah, has called on the government to consider adopting “Contract Farming as an innovative system to ensure food Productivity in the country. Agriculture, he said, is the backbone of Ghana’s economy, providing livelihoods for millions and contributing significantly to our GDP. However, as our population grows and climate change presents new challenges, we must adopt innovative and effective strategies to secure food production and ensure economic stability…and one of such strategy is contract…
“The work is on the ground” as they called him, has fulfilled a promise he made to pedestrians who applied the footbridge at Tech junction concerning exposed electrical wires that have become a threat to human lfe. This man, is the Municipal Chief Executive Officer of Oforikrom Municipal Assembly, Hon. Sadat Anwel Ahmed. This problem was rectified after he paid a working visit to the area to ascertain the situation upon complaints of the disturbing outcome. Hon. Sadat did not sleep on the matter however, he sanctioned the Municipal Engineering team to visit the area and addressed the situation to…
Osei Kofi Acquah, the former National Youth Organizer of the CPP, writes… The former National Youth Organizer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Osei Kofi Acquah, has lauded the President, John Dramani Mahama, for re-instituting the Republic Day. He noted that, on 1st July 1960, Ghana a former Colony of the British Empire, decided to attain “full Liberation” by declaring itself a Republic. What this meant was that all puppeteering strings that connected our country to the colonial masters and systems had to be cut. Our prime minister, who was just the head of government business after 6th March…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Dr. Frank Amoakohene has made a clarion call on political parties and religious bodies not to let politics and religious boundaries or affiliations divide the nation. Hon. Amoakohene made the call during the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Services where he tasked Muslims gathered at the Kumasi Central Mosque to pray for the nation by expediting strong faith in ensuring that their religious differences and political affiliations are not use as tool of barrier to disarm the peace the nation is enjoying rather advocate for a sustainable and develop nation. The event, is supposed to be…
As part of measures to ensure who becomes president in 2024 from the camps of all the political parties, researchers and spiritual forecasts were brainstorming to foretell who will win the 2024 elections and the subsequent elections to come. One of these spiritual political forecasters who prophesied that John Dramani Mahama would win the 2024 elections is Apostle John. He said before the elections he had several encounters with God, and it has been repeatedly recurring that Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang would be the vice president, and that has been established in fulfillment of his dreams. During the elections, according…
The Mayor for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Hon. Richard Agyemang Osei Boadi has called for truce among Ghanaians especially religious bodies to facilitate common platform to enhance Development in the country. The Metropolitan Mayor was speaking duuring Eid al-Fitr Ramadan at the T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School. Addressing Muslims, he tasks them not to see the Ramadan as a celebration but a sacred moment to reflect on the imperative nature of the event and celebrate it in peace to project the image Islam. He stressed that, trust have eluded us as a nation where leaders failed to leave up…
