Mahama agrees with former CJ on need for review of agreements governing extractive industry
President John Dramani Mahama has agreed with former Chief Justice (CJ) Sophia Akuffo on her call for a review of agreements governing the nation's extractive industry.
The former CJ, who is now a Member of the Council of State, made the call in a media interview in Accra, questioning the policy guiding the extraction of Ghana's mineral resources and how the proceeds were apportioned between the state and foreign investors.
She described the mineral concession agreement between Ghana and foreign investors as woefully unfavorable for the country.
"We are still doing it like we are in the days of Guggisberg," she said.
Delivering a keynote at the opening of the National Economic Dialogue in Accra, President Mahama said: "Just recently, I think yesterday, the former Chief Justice ...