Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says he will make small scale miners millionaires with the introduction of effective railway system in the mining communities across the country.The flagbearer was addressing party faithful at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua constituency as part of his tour of the Ashanti Region on November 4."I am going to bring minerals development bank to support small scale miners so that you can buy equipment for responsible mining.

I want you to be millionaires all the small-scale miners I am going to make you millionaires," he promised."We will license you, formalize you and regularize you and then supervise you," he added."What is on my heart in the context of Ghana is railway development we know if you have bauxite, and you don't have railway is disturbing but when we introduce the railway it will help us.

There are three major lines I want to do in the context of Ghana, from Accra -Tema to Kumasi, from Kumasi to Takoradi, from Awaso through Nyinahin we are going to do that railway for you," he assured.Dr Bawumia said, " we will explore bauxite, iron ore, gold and all the deposits and that will bring transformation.

We have done roads, but we have not finished but I am going to focus on railway because that is where the transformation is going to come from."Read also:Bawumia promises new mining policies, mineral development bank