Tag Archives: Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

President John Mahama has received a severe threat from Michael Kojo Peprah, president of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, demanding that Mr. Martin Ayisi, the CEO of the Minerals Commission, be fired immediately. Peprah asserts that Ayisi’s prolonged tenure in government presents a serious risk to Ghana’s efforts to …

Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, reported that unlicensed miners have destroyed 7,500 football fields’ worth of forest reserves. More than forty-four forest reserves, or thirty hectares, had been destroyed, according to him. As he toured the Offin Shelter Belt at Anwiafutu to witness the forest’s …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the forestry commission, and security agencies have begun to crack down on illegal miners who are working in the Offin Shelter Belt Forest Reserve in the Atwima Mponua District of the …

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has made it clear that he will be reluctant to grant mining leases to businesses that do not actively support the growth of the nation. On Friday, February 21, 2025, in Accra, this announcement was made at a meeting with …

On Friday, February 14, 2025, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, had a courtesy call from Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. The Minister, who was accompanied by the leaders of the agencies under his Ministry, revealed the reason for his visit …

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has called on the government to as a matter of national interest dialogue with the Organized Labour over their decision to embark on a strike coming 10th October 2024 over the banning of illegal mining activities that have destroyed our water …

The Ghana Mine Workers Union has reaffirmed its plan to go on strike on October 1, unless the government intervenes at the last minute. Speaking to the media, the union’s General Secretary, Abdul Gbaana, stressed the need for urgent action to address the escalating issue of illegal mining, known as …