Bawumia Vows: Ghanaians to Have Sole Ownership of Mineral Resources

If elected President in 2024 elections, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia pledges to empower Ghanaians with sole ownership of all mineral resources.

According to Bawumia, he wants to change how Ghana handles its natural resources to make sure Ghanaians get the most benefits from them.

Bawumia, who is on a nationwide campaign tour, gave the assurance during a meeting with religious leaders in the Eastern Region on Monday.

“I am going to refocus our paradigm for natural resource management. For the most part, Ghana has not maximised the benefits of our natural resources.

“Since the days of the Portuguese in the 15th century, gold has always been taken out of Ghana. We haven’t benefitted much from our natural resources; I am going to change that paradigm. I am going to bring a bigger focus on ownership of our natural resources.

“It is as if right now we don’t own our natural resources. I believe that if we do the exploration; and we are going to empower our universities and the Geological Service Department to do the exploration, once we explore that we have seven gold belts that we haven’t yet discovered,” he stated.