Tag: Samuel Abu Jinapor
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Committee set up to probe alleged military brutalities on small scale miners at Obuasi
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has set up a committee to look into alleged military brutalities on some miners in Obuasi. Reports indicate that some miners under the government’s community mining scheme encroached on a concession currently being mined by AngloGold Ashanti. The Concerned Small Scale Miners Association and the Minority have called for a…
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Formulate policies to restore Ghana’s forest cover – Lands Minister to Forestry Commission Board
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has tasked the newly inaugurated 11-member Forestry Commission Board to help to restore the country’s forest cover. The country boasted of some 8.2 million hectares of forest in 1900, however, this figure has depleted considerably with the world at large also battling climate change due to some human…