NewsNot checkedFlagshipForest reserve mining ban · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Ban illegal and new mining in forest reserves.
“Ban illegal and new mining activities in forest reserves”
Promise Tracker
Lands & Natural Resources.
37 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.
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Promises by area
Mining9
Forestry5
Land records4
Galamsey3
State lands2
Salt2
Forest reserve mining ban1
Mineral revenue1
Mining forex1
Land reform1
Ga-Dangme lands1
Land title1
Land security1
Land rights1
Critical minerals1
Industrial minerals1
State assets registry1
Looted state lands1
Every promise.
Not checkedFlagshipMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Set up the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) to regulate and restructure small-scale mining.
“set up a Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) to regulate the small-scale mining sector”
Not checkedMineral revenue · Manifesto · PDF page 38
Pass a Natural Resources Revenue Management Act to earn more from minerals, green minerals and new finds.
“enacting a Natural Resources Revenue Management Act (NRMA) to increase revenue from our”
Not checkedMining forex · Manifesto · PDF page 40
Renegotiate mining company agreements on bringing home export earnings when they expire.
“renegotiate agreements with mining firms upon expiry on the repatriation of export proceeds”
Not checkedLand reform · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Review the 1999 National Land Policy and set up a Presidential Commission on affordable access to land.
“reviewing the 1999 National Land Policy and establish a Presidential Commission”
Not checkedLand records · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Set up Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) for land and mapping data.
“establishing related Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)”
Not checkedLand records · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Build a National Land Information Database of customary landowners.
“develop a comprehensive National Land Information Database of customary landowners”
Not checkedLand records · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Set up electronic, self-financing Customary Land Secretariats run by trained staff.
“establish viable, self-financing, and electronic system-based Customary Land Secretariats”
Not checkedLand records · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Make survey and registration of all unregistered customary land compulsory.
“facilitate the compulsory survey and registration of all unregistered customary lands”
Not checkedGa-Dangme lands · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Set up a Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Ga-Dangme lands dispute.
“setting up a Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate conflicting judgments”
Not checkedLand title · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Deliver land title registration in 30 working days and transfers and mortgages in 20 working days in Greater Accra.
“registration of title to land within 30 working days and registration of transfer/assignment and mortgage within 20 working days”
Not checkedState lands · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Review the policy of giving state and vested land at below-market prices.
“review the policy of allocation of state and vested lands at below-market prices”
Not checkedLand security · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Promote licensed, unarmed land security firms.
“promote the establishment of licenced and unarmed Land Security Firms”
Not checkedLand rights · Manifesto · PDF page 98
Protect the land rights of women and youth and help them get land.
“safeguard the land right of women and youth”
Not checkedState lands · Manifesto · PDF page 100
Order every government institution to survey, register and secure the state land it holds.
“mandate all government institutions and organisations to survey, register and secure”
Not checkedGalamsey · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Launch a RESTORE GHANA INITIATIVE to clean up galamsey-damaged land and water bodies.
“RESTORE GHANA INITIATIVE”
Not checkedGalamsey · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Reclaim galamsey-damaged land and turn it into farmland.
“reclaim and convert impacted land into viable agricultural farmlands”
Not checkedForestry · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Make timber companies rehabilitate degraded forest land and involve women and youth.
“mandating timber concessionaires to rehabilitate degraded forest lands”
Not checkedForestry · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Review the state of all forest reserves, including Achimota Forest.
“undertake a comprehensive review of the state of the forest reserves of Ghana, including the”
Not checkedForestry · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Create a Plantation Division in the Forestry Commission.
“establish a new Plantation Division within the Forestry Commission”
Not checkedForestry · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Set up Zonal Timber Markets with private investors.
“establish Zonal Timber Markets in partnership with private investors”
Not checkedForestry · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Patrol forest reserves more with better staff, vehicles and communications.
“increase forest reserve patrolling and enforcement measures in critical forest areas”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 110
Split mining into small, medium and large scale, each with its own rules.
“re-categorize mining in Ghana into small-scale (SSM), medium scale (MSM), and large-scale (LSM)”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Use technology including AI to track all excavators and geo-fence small-scale mining concessions.
“track all excavators and geo-fence all SSM concessions in Ghana”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Ban mining in water bodies and make concession holders repair the land they damage.
“ensure that mining operations are not conducted in unapproved areas, such as water bodies”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Set up mining equipment pools in each small-scale mining district.
“facilitate the setting up of mining equipment pools in each small-scale mining district”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Amend the laws on the Minerals Income Investment Fund to add clear rules and transparency.
“amend and strengthen the laws and regulations governing the Minerals Income Investment Fund”
Not checkedCritical minerals · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Map the country's minerals, especially lithium and other critical minerals.
“invest in National Minerals Mapping, particularly for”
Not checkedGalamsey · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Bring in a Tree for Life reforestation policy and a Blue Water Initiative on land ruined by illegal mining.
“reforestation policy (with cocoa, palm and rubber)”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Set aside part of mining royalties for roads and other infrastructure in mining areas.
“introduce a system of offset programmes that sets aside part of the royalties”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Abolish the Community Mining system and replace it with artisanal mining cooperatives.
“abolish the Community Mining system”
Not checkedMining · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Abolish VAT on mineral exploration.
“abolish VAT on mineral exploration”
Not checkedSalt · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Set up the Ghana Salt Development Authority to regulate salt mining and export.
“establish the Ghana Salt Development Authority (GSDA)”
Not checkedSalt · Manifesto · PDF page 111
Expand the salt basins at Ada, Keta, Saltpond and Elmina and set up community salt cooperatives.
“reinvest in the natural Salt Basins at Ada, Keta, Saltpond and Elmina”
Not checkedIndustrial minerals · Manifesto · PDF page 113
Add value to limestone, kaolin, iron ore, clay, lithium and other mineral deposits.
“promote the exploitation of and value addition to mineral deposits”
Not checkedState assets registry · Manifesto · PDF page 169
Set up a State Assets Registry listing and protecting all state property.
“establish a State Assets Registry to effectively protect state assets”
Not checkedLooted state lands · Manifesto · PDF page 169
Set up an inquiry into looted state lands and the Accra Redevelopment Policy.
“set up an inquiry into the matter of looted state lands and the implementation of the Accra Redevelopment Policy”
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