IEA Backs Mahama’s Call for Minerals Ownership

Don’t renew expiring mining leases – IEA tells gov’t

By Buertey Francis BORYOR The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has urged government to stop renewing expiring mining leases and instead adopt a new mining policy anchored in state ownership of mineral resources, with private firms engaged strictly through service contracts. Ghana’s former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, stating the institute’s position at a press briefing in Accra argued that the country’s impendings wave of expiring mining lea…

IEA Backs Mahama’s Call for Minerals Ownership

Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has declared its resolute support for President John Dramani Mahama’s vision of resource sovereignty, urging a radical departure from the proposed Minerals and Mining Royalty Regulations 2025. During press briefing in Accra, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo, a fellow at IEA and former chief justice of Ghana expressed deep concern over the draft regulations currently before Parliament, which the institute arg…