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Fairer Way To Share Ghana’s Gold Mining Revenue

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  • PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 10 years ago

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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    Daughter comes to her mother in tears and says:
    - since i got married to Kodjo, he’s never had me…
    - oh, no problem. tell him to come to me.
    he comes, and the girl’s mother says:
    - when you go to bed with my daughte ...
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  • I Can't think? 10 years ago

    Its a shame for all the Gold that has been mined, the people of Ghana , especially in the Gold Mining Ares have not benefited a jot. Their environments poisoned, their economic livelihoods smashed to pieces and our stupid Go ...
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  • I Can't think? 10 years ago

    According to the web site Minelinks. Com, at the obuasi mine over the years well over 25 million ounces of Gold were mined. At Bogoso, since mining operations began in 1873, more tham 9 million ounces of Gold were produces, l ...
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  • Nana Oben 10 years ago

    75% for the company is too much. I propose 25% for the local government which endure the brunt of all the devastation, the national government, and 50% for the company for 8 years; thereafter, 33-1/3% each for the three.

  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    Lawrence, where have you been all these years? Are you referring to the less than 3% we receive from our gold exportation or what?

    Why don't you start from expunging the Immunity Clauses from the 1992 Constitution and brin ...
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  • Mawuli 10 years ago

    It is rather an unfortunate statement to make when you refer to some of his suggestions as long and feeble just because he was not interested in blame game only.
    I don't see that much difference between your suggestion and h ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    If since independent, this country had shut itself in, the country would have survived and even reached advance levels in our development. We have alowed this hook called foriegn investment to come and plundered our resources ...
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  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    Thanks! You nailed it good! Kudos!

    GOD BLESS GHANA!
    AFRICAN FOREVER!

  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    Mr Akakpo,

    I can see that you have also retired, just like my brother Solo who is taking on the oil companies, before beginning this battle against the fleecing of our mineral wealth by the transnationals with the active s ...
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  • Eric 10 years ago

    Indeed the situation is looking hopeless. The current deplorable state of our economy is the obvious result if our leaders are clueless when it comes to managing the nation's assets. And if simple economic prudence eludes our ...
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