We must overhaul our Mining Laws - Wacam

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• qwesi.gh 12 years ago

  Very shameful of our leaders to secretly sign that Newmont contract in 2006. More shameful, that our honourable men and women are less educated on such issues. Most shameful is the money being taken off-shore to develop anoth ...
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  Very shameful of our leaders to secretly sign that Newmont contract in 2006. More shameful, that our honourable men and women are less educated on such issues. Most shameful is the money being taken off-shore to develop another country.
  
  Corruption beget corruption!!

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• Create, loot and share 12 years ago

  Will Ewe Ghana heed this noble call. Creating Eco-Tourism in Ewe land to preserve their eco-system will remain their call and they turn to let loose of whoever is ready to plunder Akan resources and thereby degrade the envir ...
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  Will Ewe Ghana heed this noble call. Creating Eco-Tourism in Ewe land to preserve their eco-system will remain their call and they turn to let loose of whoever is ready to plunder Akan resources and thereby degrade the environment.

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• Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY. 12 years ago

  The govt. should re-establish State Gold Mining Corporation and take over our resources for our own development instead of giving it away and expecting these gangsters to pay taxes.

  The govt. should re-establish State Gold Mining Corporation and take over our resources for our own development instead of giving it away and expecting these gangsters to pay taxes.

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• NON-ALIGNED 12 years ago

  You are spot on! Sir! God Bless you, true son of Ghana!

  You are spot on! Sir! God Bless you, true son of Ghana!

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• GHANAian 12 years ago

  ITS TIME GHANA HAVE ITS OWN GOLD MINES.

  ITS TIME GHANA HAVE ITS OWN GOLD MINES.

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• NON-ALIGNED 12 years ago

  It would also be SENSIBLE to make it easier for GHANAIANS to have easy regulated access to our gold and other minerals that can be mined in OUR country.
  
  We tend to always negotiate our livelihood on the losing end to forei ...
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  It would also be SENSIBLE to make it easier for GHANAIANS to have easy regulated access to our gold and other minerals that can be mined in OUR country.
  
  We tend to always negotiate our livelihood on the losing end to foreigners............I guess that is what we mean by being 'hospitable'?
  We tend to hate our own and give everything on the cheap to foreigners.
  
  I would suggest that the overhauling should come with ridding ourselves of the mental slavery that has eaten into our psyche for generations. That will surely help our so-called leaders to negotiate deals that would benefit OUR CITIZENS...........................
  
  GOD BLESS GHANA!
  AFRICAN FOREVER!

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• MENSAH 12 years ago

  GHANA has to take control of our NATURAL RESOURCES,else,we would leave nothing for our future children.
  IT's very scary,to know that OUR NATURAL RESOURCES,are being looted out by FOREIGNERS WITH IMPUNITY.
  Our leaders never ...
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  GHANA has to take control of our NATURAL RESOURCES,else,we would leave nothing for our future children.
  IT's very scary,to know that OUR NATURAL RESOURCES,are being looted out by FOREIGNERS WITH IMPUNITY.
  Our leaders never taught of acquiring any skills in GOLD & DIAMOND JEWELLERY DESIGNING & MASSIVE PRODUCTION,to tap into the badly needed world market.
  THEY ARE KEEN ON WHAT GOES INTO THEIR POCKETS,AND NOT THE FUTURE AND GOODWILL OF GHANA.
  
  THAT IS SAD.
  
  GHANA SHOULD HAVE HER OWN MINING INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN COMPETE WITH THE FOREIGN OWNED,AND EVEN CONTROL IT.
  I can hardly believe,foreigners control such a huge and profitable venture,God has given to GHANA to earn something for herself.
  ISN'T THIS VERY SAD?

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• JJ 12 years ago

  It doesn't need rocket scientist to figure or to realise Ghana has been sold out year after year after year by greedy leaders who always put their interest first

  It doesn't need rocket scientist to figure or to realise Ghana has been sold out year after year after year by greedy leaders who always put their interest first

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• GH 11 years ago

  Gilbert Iddi, who left office almost a year after the joint venture company was formed, says he does not know whether or not Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme contributed any amount.
  
  
  the two directors of ...
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  Gilbert Iddi, who left office almost a year after the joint venture company was formed, says he does not know whether or not Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme contributed any amount.
  
  
  the two directors of the company are former CEO of SADA, Gilbert Seidu Iddi who represented SADA, and Roland Agambire, CEO of the AGAMS Group
  
  For this reason, Asongtaba is the majority shareholder with 56% shares, while SADA owns minority shares of 44%. But Gilbert Iddi says SADA contributed a total of 15 million Ghana Cedis to the joint venture.
  
  
  
  Now Mr Mahama is the President whether Ghanaians voted for him or not, which is not the issue here but few months on the Presidency has exposed him as a corrupt man regarding the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority(SADA) Guinea fowl and tree planting projects. President Mahama is using his power as the President of Ghana to divert Taxpayers money to his busness partner, one Roland Agambire,the Chief Executive Officer of Ghanaian Telecommunications company, rLG communications to set up an NGO,Asongtaba Cottage Industries,which received about 8 million dollars of Taxpayers money(GHc15 million) to start the guinea farm project. What is the meaning of Asongtaba? Translated from Guruni language, it means ‘You scratch my back I scratch your back’ and that is exactly what Mahama and this Agambire guy are doing, they are scratching each others back with our tax cedis. They are fleecing Taxpayers out of our money. As noble as these two projects are if implemented to benefit the three Northern Regions farmers and to a larger extent, all Ghanaians, President Mahama and his business partner Agambire are using this fake NGO to divert taxpayers money into their own pockets. How is the people of the North going to benefit from this project which is supposed to alleviate some of the hardships in the North by resourcing as many farmers as we can by helping them to set up their own cottage industries if we hand over such a huge amount to one individual? How did an individual without any history in farming become the point man in this noble guinea fowl project that if properly implemented can alleviate a big chunk of the poverty in the North and become a foreign currency earner for the country since there is a big market out there for guinea fowl meat.
  
  As usual in Ghana with any policy meant to help the poor, it is the elite amongst the Northerners like Agambire and Mahama who are going to benefit. If Agambire and his Asongbata NGO are going to hold 60% of this joint venture, can somebody account for their so called GHc25 million or $13 million contribution towards this project? Was their contribution in cash, land, goodwill, personal or combination of these? Mahama is the worst thing to happen to Northerners. The problem with Northerners is that, they always assume the Southerners, especially the Akans and to a larger extent, the Asantes are not for their best interest and blindly support anybody from the North even when it is not in their best interest. SADA is supposed to help the poor in the North but see how the Northern Elites have stolen what is meant to help the poor over there and let anybody accuse these Northern thieves and the poor Northerners will turn up in their numbers defending them. Ghana has sunk more than 16 million dollars in the planting of tick and other trees, supposedly five million trees but instead Agambire and his parners planted only 300,000 trees and pocketed more than thirteen million dollars no wonder giving one million dollars to Chris Brown to come to Ghana to smoke weed was not a big deal to Agambire and his rLG company.
  
  Who are the people behind this Asongbata NGC? Chief Executive Officer of Ghanaian Telecommunications company, rLG communications, Roland Agambire, is the face behind Asongtaba Cottage Industries & Exchange Programme, the company behind the GH¢15 million Guinea fowl and GH¢33 million tree planting projects.Mr Agambire, a businessman with very close links to the President John Mahama, is a member of the Executive Council of this Asongtaba Cottage Industries and Exchange Programme, which was incorporated in the year 2004 and registered as a Non-Governmental Organisation.
  
  "The objectives of Asongtaba (translated from Guruni to mean ‘You scratch my back I scratch your back’) as spelt out on the ‘Form 3’ of the Company’s registration documents include: “To establish and train the youth in cottage industries like basketry etc., with the view to making them self employed; To help members in times of need; and To engage in cultural exchange programmes.” The business occupation of Roland Agambire, as stated on the form is that of an “Exporter” with residential address “H/No. 485/3, Madina, Accra”. As of 2004, four other Directors of the company included Miriam Ajavon, Lucy Ajavon, Paul Ajavon and William Asare. Strangely enough, all four directors have the same residential address as Mr Agambire and are all “Exporters”.
  
  However, a notification in the change of directors was made to the Registrar General’s Department on October 30, 2009, where the original directors in the persons of Lucy Ajavon, Paul Ajavon and William Asare, all resigned from the company. George Yeye also resigned as secretary of the company and was replaced by Miriam Ajavon.
  
  What really is going on here if this is not a scam Agambire and some people with political powers are trying to perpetrate on our country? The same Agambire is going to build the 10 billion hope city as a private Investor without Ghana knowing where he is getting his source of financing from. In as much as we should encourage people like Mr Agambire in helping to develop our country, they should not do it through corrupt means.

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