Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini, MP for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu, and North Tongu MP have submitted a private members' bill aimed at repealing Section 3(2) of the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations 2022 (L.I. 2462).
The said L.I.
grants the President of Ghana the authority to issue mining leases for exploration within forest reserves in Ghana.
The three National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs submitted the bill in a formal memo to the Clerk of on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.