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@nka_gha Government

So the mining towns that are underdeveloped, what exactly is the issue ? Chiefs or the Mining company

@SaddickAdams Good governance and solid policies built Johannesburg. ​Meanwhile, look at Tarkwa. With all taxes and royalties taken, what is the government's actual commitment to the community? Zero. ​Changing mine ownership means nothing if government's attitude doesn't change first.

The Chiefs and people of Tarkwa, Huni have appealed to President Mahama to renew the mining agreement with Goldfields which expires in 2027. Commercial underground mining started in Tarkwa by the British Colonial Government in 1874. Goldfields have owned the mines since 1993. The chiefs argue that, Goldfields operations has contributed significantly towards the development of their communities. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Tarkwa in its glory.

@darko_darko10 @rauff9 This picture sef be very misleading. Why post that picture with such a message. Very huge amount of taxes received by Government over the years but no commitment to Tarkwa Good governance & policies made Johannesburg.

I’m glad you know what CSR means. You should also be familiar with the rules and regulations governing mining agreements in Ghana. By all standards, these companies have fulfilled their CSR obligations. If you’re confusing CSR with the provision of major infrastructure and public services, then you should know that those are the responsibility of the government, not mining firms. Such obligations would only be valid if they were explicitly included in the mining agreements in the first place.

It’s funny how everyone is blaming Gold Fields and the chiefs in Tarkwa while forgetting the corrupt leaders who receive royalties and corporate taxes from these mines. You expect a business firm whose sole purpose is to make profits, develop your country for you? What’s your leaders doing? I agree that their contracts shouldn’t be renewed but to blame them? C’mon🧐. Is Tarkwa the only mining town in Ghana that has been deprived of modern infrastructure? Are we also going to blame every other mining company in the country’s mining towns while ignoring how visionless our leaders are? Ghanaians, I promise you, even if the Tarkwa mines become state-owned in the next 20 years, Tarkwa will still be where it is today. Blame your visionless leaders😏

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@CallmeAlfredo This is best Part solution to illegal mining as cocoa prices are on the high Far less Government spending on cocobod

What would happen if the inefficient and loss-making cocoa monopoly, COCOBOD, were dismantled, allowing farmers to sell directly to buyers offering the best prices relative to international rates? Cocoa spot prices hit record levels, but farmers saw little benefit due to the rollover of lower-priced forward contracts from previous seasons. The gap between international cocoa prices and realized prices is staggering. What justifies COCOBOD’s continued existence, and are its current operations truly serving the interests of Ghanaian cocoa farmers?

@zagey_yya @BBSimons That's federal spending. State spending wasn't added The state spend more

@BBSimons Hmm, the work big. Why is our Education budget so big though especially compared to Nigeria?

1. Ghana's new President has reduced the number of government ministries to 23 from the previous 30 in line with his campaign promises. 2. When it comes to clustering subsectors to create ministries, every wise person you meet would have different opinions. 3. In the 2000s, the Kufuor government decided that "youth and sports" belong with "education". The Mills government disagreed. But the latter government felt that "works and housing" somehow fit well with "water resources". In all this clustering business, no government ever bothers to detail its thoughts as to justification. It is just what it is. 4. I too can have an opinion without explanation, I guess. Looking at the new list, I might argue that "water resources" fit best with "land and natural resources" due to similar concessioning and control issues. And that the same ministry should handle "environment". "Innovations", nowadays, fit best, in my modest view, with "Science and Technology". I might question why "agribusiness" is being pulled out of Agriculture and ask whether "pharma business" too doesn't deserve to be pulled out of "health" if we want to go on that tangent. Etc. I doubt anyone cares. 5. Because, frankly, the usual concern about "number of ministers" is primarily about optics and symbolism. The people just don't like seeing Presidents appoint a large number of ministers because it "feels" and "looks" quite "obscene". 6. Cutting down the number of ministries and ministers is thus an exercise in "reading the sentiments" of the public, and in being "responsive", and not about lean and efficient government reforms per se. Being a "listening government" can have its own rewards separate from efficiency gains. 7. To actually move in the direction of government efficiency, you must ask whether the thousands of workers in collapsed ministries would leave the government payroll or would simply be redistributed. How come we never touch the actual agencies where 98% of public workers and government business reside? Ministries are merely the tip of the iceberg. Agencies like the Police, Ghana Educational Service, and Ghana Revenue Authority are far heftier. State-owned enterprises like GNPC and ECG matter in every respect of spending efficiency than 60% of ministries. 8. Would there be less spending on bureaucracy across the government as a whole following the reduction in the number of ministries? Where are the financial numbers to prove this? If you went back in history and compared spending on "office of government machinery" before and after "listening governments" cut down on the numbers of ministers, you might be surprised to see that the expense tends to increase year on year regardless. 9. Furthermore, ministries are very varied. There are some like the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs that received on average less than $5 million a year as its entire budget. The funny Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs gets barely $600k a year. Frankly, ministries like that and the one for "business development" won't be missed by anyone. They look like nuisances. On that score alone, citizens like to see them axed. But their total burden on the exchequer is puny. 10. Then there are the giant ministries. Health, education, Roads & Highways, and the Interior. Education gets a cool $2 billion a year, more than 20% of the total government budget in most years. In fact, in 2024, the budget of the Ghanaian ministry of education is twice that of the Nigerian federal ministry of education. Even if you add all public spending on education in Nigeria up, Ghana's ministry still spends more. It is a true behemoth. The Health Ministry gets a billion dollars. If you really want to make major savings in government spending, you could introduce reforms in health and education that would eclipse the savings made from abolishing 5 ministries. And, here I am talking about truly ABOLISHING. Like, man, sacking workers and auctioning V8s. Not the Ghana-style ministerial collapses in which everything remains as before except the few titles dropped. 11. Anyway, the issue of how to save money across the government is a very broad and multifaceted one. The biggest area is actually in debt management. Then capital expenditure. And finally procurement related to general government operations. Only then does one even get to payroll issues. Ministerial perks should be on the list somewhere, for sure, perhaps on page 17 of the memo, in between stationery and guest house management. Fuel coupons, useless workshops, and travel imprest are all certainly higher up. 12. In short, the issues plenty. And Mr. President has only 4 years. So, the work dey. Serious! But God too dey.

@tech_twi Snr. Did you check the value at the time of his program. This value go fit blow over anytime sef

Uber is valued at 153 billion USD, not 163 billion. Why should your facts turn out to be untrue? Speak facts that can be verified!

@SaddickAdams The latter project costs are very questionable but the two projects are unrelated to make comparison. 230 million cedis in 2019 was over 40million dollars at that time.

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