Mine workers threaten to strike over bad roads

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• OBIALEKE 11 years ago

  GO ON STRIKE AND SAVE US OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. AFTER ALL GHANA IS NOT BENEFITING ANYTHING FROM THESE MINES.GO ON STRIKE AND THE EMPLOYERS WILL FIRE YOU.

  GO ON STRIKE AND SAVE US OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. AFTER ALL GHANA IS NOT BENEFITING ANYTHING FROM THESE MINES.GO ON STRIKE AND THE EMPLOYERS WILL FIRE YOU.

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• Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

  Great!

  Great!

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• Yaw 11 years ago

  Mine workers strike is very good for the country. If the mines shut down we are far better off. We get nothing from mining. Rawlings and Kuffour gave the resources to foreigners for free and on top of it they destroy our envi ...
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  Mine workers strike is very good for the country. If the mines shut down we are far better off. We get nothing from mining. Rawlings and Kuffour gave the resources to foreigners for free and on top of it they destroy our environment. Newmont spill cynadie, Kosmos spill toxic mud oil, Goldfields spill arsenic and on top they all destroy our forest. What a country.

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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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• PAPSON 11 years ago

  Obialeke, I do not blame you becaouse you are not a Ghanaian and should not be talken seriously. You should shut your dirty mouth when Ghanaians are talking Recently, Ashawo, Big mouth Anita De Soso lied on camera to Ghanaia ...
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  Obialeke, I do not blame you becaouse you are not a Ghanaian and should not be talken seriously. You should shut your dirty mouth when Ghanaians are talking Recently, Ashawo, Big mouth Anita De Soso lied on camera to Ghanaians that the Tarkwa Bogoso road had been fixed. Anita, you are a disgrace to NDC and to our dear country Ghana. Shame on you. Western Region will vote NDC out in the 2016 come rain or shine.

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• TEE 11 years ago

  MAHAMA CAN BRING MECCA TO THE NORTHERNERS WE CARELESS PERIOD

  MAHAMA CAN BRING MECCA TO THE NORTHERNERS WE CARELESS PERIOD

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• TEE 11 years ago

  WE CARELESS MAHAMA WILL BE VOTED OUT SOON OR LATER PERIOD

  WE CARELESS MAHAMA WILL BE VOTED OUT SOON OR LATER PERIOD

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• BALLOT BOX 11 years ago

  "Going to IMF will not work for us but what will work for us is to individually pledge an allegiance to help with our substance to develop the country as I have single-handedly done for some schools in the country. The Cedi i ...
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  "Going to IMF will not work for us but what will work for us is to individually pledge an allegiance to help with our substance to develop the country as I have single-handedly done for some schools in the country. The Cedi is falling because we are not working in this country to support our currency….President Mahama is not God to work miraculously to change the economic situation if we as a nation don’t work to boost the economy. Everybody wants to steal from the country but they are not prepared to help it to grow and this is what is killing our country," he opined.
  When it comes to stealing, it is an established fact that Ghanaians know those who are stealing, mismanaging the country and exhibiting incompetence of the worst nation-wrecking kind.
  When for example farmers produce, but because the money to build roads to these farms are stolen, supposed contracts are not executed by the contractors but they are paid ala CP judgment debt style, and when contracts are executed but because of 10,15,20,25,30% cut for the political party, the roads are shoddily executed and becomes unmotorable within 3-4months, leaving the farmers produce to rot on the farms, you don't turn around and blame Ghanaians for not producing enough and working hard enough and importing everything.
  When this same produce of the farmers which could have been exported by adding value to it by private entrepreneurs cannot happen because access to credit and it's cost makes it prohibitive because of gov't's mismanagement of the economy and the finances of the country, we don't blame Ghanaians for not working and importing everything.
  When electric power to industry and manufacturing is unavailable, because the gov't of the day would rather commit funds to the payment of dubious judgment debts, engage in political influence peddling by dashing 4x4 SUV'S/Pickups, buses all over the place, such that industry cannot compete favourably, we don't turn around and say, we import everything and everybody wants to steal and are not prepared to help it to grow.
  That is a very, very flawed argument and for the Mahama NDC administration to have looted, mismanaged and incompetently run the affairs of the country in such a crass manner, actions such as going to the IMF becomes a matter of time.
  The good thing is that, Ghanaians do not have to entrust their mandate to such a gov't, at the next opportunity that beckons in 2016 at the ballot box. The Mahama NDC administration needs to be massively voted out for more competent, experienced and capable hands to drive the growth and development of the country.
  The mining sector is equally affected. So to the good old Brig.Gen Nunoo Mensah, Ghanaians are extremely hardworking, do not want to import everything, and are ready to contribute to help the economy. What has the P(NDC)gov't which would have been in gov't for close to 3 decades ending 2016 done, to move this agenda forward? Ghana deserves the best.

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• Wabee 11 years ago

  Since independence, the western region have been opposition to the Up party till now. And the party we always vote for has betray us to today. I wash thw western region will learn a lesson.

  Since independence, the western region have been opposition to the Up party till now. And the party we always vote for has betray us to today. I wash thw western region will learn a lesson.

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