The Mining Committee of Ghana's (NDC) has alleged that Chinese nationals are overtaking the government's Community Mining Scheme, which was initially intended to benefit local Ghanaians.
During a campaign tour in the Western Region, Samuel Hadjor, a member of the NDC's Mining Committee, expressed concerns over the increasing involvement of foreign nationals, particularly Chinese individuals, in local mining operations.
The NDC team claimed that this foreign involvement, enabled by politicization within the scheme, is depriving local communities of the intended benefits.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government launched the Community Mining Scheme as a way to formalize small-scale mining and combat illegal mining, also known as galamsey, which has been devastating the environment and polluting Ghana's water bodies.
