The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has assured small scale miners that when he is elected into office as president, he will retrieve and hand over all confiscated excavators and concessions belonging to them.
The NDC flagbearer told a durbar of chiefs at Agona in the Amenfi Central District as part of his campaign tour of the of the Western Region that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government had deceived miners and also failed to fix the problems facing small-scale miners in the country as they promised whilst in opposition.
“They have side-lined those of us who do not belong to their party and not their relatives from the mining sector to go hungry to allow party faithful and DCEs to rather engage in the mining. This is not right at all. There are individuals whose excavators have been confiscated because they were accused of doing illegal small scale mining.
“These excavators are sadly later given to NPP supporters, who eventually send them back to do same illegal small-scale mining. What it simply means is that some people are seen not to be Ghanaians, hence, they are treated this way. That’s why I have said that when we win the elections, we will look everywhere for the confiscated excavators and return them to their rightful owners.
“We will also return all confiscated concessions that have been given to NPP party folks to their rightful owners. We will do this because all Ghanaians are humans. We owe this to Ghanaians, because NDC is a party that hates selectiveness, which Ghana’s independence declaration also rejects.”
Turning to cocoa farmers, the NDC flagbearer assured them of a return of the cocoa-free fertiliser policy which has been cancelled by the NPP government.
He also assured the chiefs that the free TVET policy will be implemented.
The Chief of Agona Amenfi, Nana Kweku Amoah I, appealed to John Dramani Mahama for better roads in the area when elected, as well as keep his promise to return the cocoa-free fertiliser policy to support cocoa farmers to improve their yields.
The second day of the former president’s tour will take him to the , where he is expected to address a mammoth rally.
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