Ghana orders Newmont, AngloGold, Zijin to localise mining operations by December

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  • Truth Table 3 days ago

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  • A SURE WAY TO BEAT LACK OF CAPITAL IS A SKILLED BUSINESS - GET THIS RESOURCE - END IDLENESS!!! 3 days ago

    Have you tried 'everything', nothing is working for you yet? Don't keep waiting for a job. Create one. While people are complaining about the economy, smart people are fixing what everyone uses: Mobile Smart Phones! Think abo ...
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  • Aa 3 days ago

    If the US had ask them to do that the story would have been far different but since it is ghana an african nation they are taking the directive for granted

  • GOLDEN 3 days ago

    TRANSPARENCY,TRANSPARENCY,TRANSPARENCY,PLUS STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!!!!

  • KHB 3 days ago

    Thank you Mr president
    However proper mechanisms should be put in place to ensure transparency and accountability in the future to get the full entitlement and benefits of our minerals

  • SA 3 days ago

    Good, we are fixing our own country and quick, the abuse, unfairness, illegality, lack of employment and slavery is over. We are hitting all these corrupt company's where it hurts, the slave masters are compelled to give jobs ...
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  • PAAKAY 3 days ago

    see the problem... now they want to take over underpay workers and ripe lot of the profits for them self ...those company dont need your order they pay will and have contribute to ghana economic plenty ,,theavies always eyein ...
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  • Gino kokomlemle 3 days ago

    Go ask china how resilient they were hard work take no break wen the world was asleep they were working for peanut today millionaires n billionaires in numbers
    Let us work hard for small we will be able to get the know how ...
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  • Kelvin 3 days ago

    Good directive

  • Mk 3 days ago

    Did you read the story well,Ghanaians are not hired at all to even be underpaid plus hardwork is shit. China got where it was by investing in technology and infrastructure as well as investments from the West,tell the poor ol ...
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  • Mohammed Tolon. 3 days ago

    A very laudable order. Enforce it to the last point without looking back. They must obey or leave the mines and the country.

  • Aban 2 days ago

    Talk is cheap.If they leave who loose in the end.You think running a nine is like ECG or cocobod which we are even struggling to hold on

  • Resetting Agenda 2 days ago

    You do this to foreign investors, and then you go back to call them for another investment. It therefore become unattractive to call them, so we should stop organisng expensive fun fairs at the expense of taxpayers in resetti ...
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  • Simon 2 days ago

    Good idea but they should also restrict the local companies from paying lower salaries.

  • Myself 2 days ago

    My friend that is the whole issue.We all wish the local companies to take over but the renumeration and packages they give workers is too small compared to most foreign firms and not forgetting capacity building and exposure ...
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  • Pepenyi Mfantse 2 days ago

    This our country our land respect the laws you damn arrogants it about time this foreign gold diggers realizes that we are now starting to regain our Pride and resources back. Arrogants and real gold diggers

  • Kofi Amakye 2 days ago

    Ghana take over all mining operations Petroleum Telecos factories. Foreign Banks etv
    Why are we selective?
    I see Ibrahim Mahama got financing from ABSA Stanbic why not GCB CBG
    Gold price very high so we can shortchange in ...
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  • Kofi Atta 2 days ago

    Close Ghana Investment Promotion Council
    We want control of our destiny.
    Zijin paid a billion Dollars for the mine and Ghana government got 100million for his share.
    So they don't need to get back their money

  • Jean 2 days ago

    Lawyers happy ooh
    Waiting
    If someone has a long term contract and it is terminated