Chiefs will be part of licensing miners when I become President – Bawumia

He emphasised that the proposed amendment would incorporate the Chiefs into the mineral licensing process, ensuring their involvement before any miner can obtain a license to operate in a given area.

Dr Bawumia said this when he addressed the Western Regional House of Chiefs on Thursday during his Western Regional campaign tour.

He identified the lack of involvement of traditional authorities in mining licensing as a significant issue facing the Small-Scale Mining Sector.

As a solution, he proposed to amend the Minerals Act to include Chiefs in his mining industry formalization programme if he became President.

He stated, “We want to formalise small-scale mining, but we cannot be successful without the participation of Chiefs

The chiefs have to be part of the licensing of miners in their locality

And so, we have to make the necessary amendments to the Mining Act to do all of this