‘Guidelines on spending mineral revenue is necessary’

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• Pelicles 11 years ago

  Reading article like this is an indication that we have failed as people to govern ourselves. We are over fifty years and how come we do not have guidelines on how we should spend our mineral revenue?
  
  Ghana is reeling und ...
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  Reading article like this is an indication that we have failed as people to govern ourselves. We are over fifty years and how come we do not have guidelines on how we should spend our mineral revenue?
  
  Ghana is reeling under untold hardship due to her educated elite who are doing all they could to push the nation into a tight corner. They are nothing but thieves.

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• The mask 11 years ago

  Below is the mineral production in 1967:
  
  Gold (from Ashanti and Western Regions) --- 724,134 oz
  Diamond (from the Akyem in the Eastern Region) --- 2,633,527 ct
  Bauxite (from the Western Region) --- 333,458 mt
  Manganese ...
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  Below is the mineral production in 1967:
  
  Gold (from Ashanti and Western Regions) --- 724,134 oz
  Diamond (from the Akyem in the Eastern Region) --- 2,633,527 ct
  Bauxite (from the Western Region) --- 333,458 mt
  Manganese (from the Western Region) --- 596,572 mt
  
  (Source mining policy of Ghana)
  
  
  Value today:
  Gold --- $1400 per oz
  Diamond --- from $1500 to $150,000 per carat (Market price)
  Bauxite --- $150 per mt
  Manganese --- $450 per tonne
  
  Akyem districts make up more than half of the population of the Eastern Region.
  
  Even though today diamond production from Akyem has stopped temporarily Akyem districts must be given their fair share of projects. Discrimination against Akyems districts has been going on for at least the last forty years. A visit to the Akyem districts would indicate the poor state of districts: bad roads, poor infrastructure. The state of the districts is not reflective of the revenue they have contributed over the last 100 years.

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• Pelicles 11 years ago

  With your analysis, Ghana should go federal with each region using its resources for development. The Central "shit" we have is depriving some areas its fair share of the national cake.

  With your analysis, Ghana should go federal with each region using its resources for development. The Central "shit" we have is depriving some areas its fair share of the national cake.

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