The Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr. George Boakye, and the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa Nsuayen, George Mireku Duker, have commissioned a community mining project at Nana Pito, near Kenyasi No.1 in the Asutifi North District.
In his opening remarks during the ceremony, the Omanhene of Kenyasi No.1, Nana Osei Kofi Abiri, who was Chairman for the occasion, was grateful to President Nana Akufo-Addo for the project.
He lauded the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural resources, the Ahafo Regional Minister, and the MP for Asutifi North, Patrick Banor, and the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North, Anthony Mensah, for the role they played in the success of the project.
Mr. George Boakye hailed the vision of the President in implementing the community mining initiative.
He added that the company should employ the services of the people who were trained at Tarkwa with skills in responsible mining.
The Regional Minister urged the company to ensure that its operations must, at all times, conform to best standards to peotect the environment.
He charged the youth to take advantage of the jobs that would be created in order to live decent lives, and hinted that plans were far advanced to open up several sites across the region.
Mr. George Mireku Duker, explaining the policy, added that the government was focused on improving the livelihoods of the people, whilst protecting the environment.
He said that the government would continue to use state security and other stakeholders to pursue selfish individuals who were bent on destroying river bodies, as well as other parts of the environment, and warned against the use of chemicals and other environmentally unfriendly methods in mining.
He donated one set of safety mining equipment to the company on behalf of the Government of Ghana.
The Member of Parliament for the area, Patrick Bannor, urged the youth to take advantage of the company and others in the pipeline in order to better their lives.
