Partial political judgment of Anglogold Ashanti – The former Obuasi MCE

Policy of Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Source: atinkaonline.com

2019-01-23

Former Obuasi Metropolitan CEO (MCE) under the former Mahama government, Richard Ofori Boadi Agyemang, better known as "Zuba", attributed partial closure to Anglogold Ashanti in Obuasi of partisan politics .

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reopened the Anglogold Ashanti Gold Mine in Obuasi, which was closed in 2014, in accordance with the campaign promise that he had made to the inhabitants of Obuasi on 15 July 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 General Election.

Addressing the leaders and people of Obuasi, on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, Akufo-Addo noted that upon taking office, a series of discussions and negotiations had taken place, the final result being the redevelopment project of the Obuasi mine. .

Akufo-Addo was convinced that Obuasi, a once dynamic city, would be brought back to life with an improvement in the living conditions of its inhabitants, with nearly 2,500 (2,500) jobs to be created.

In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka FM's AM Drive, he said that Ghanaians had badociated the NPP-NDC's feelings with social problems.

The former MCE said that in 2011, Anglogold Ashanti had produced more than 380,000 ounces of gold, compared to just over 312,000 in 2012, a drop of more than 50,000 ounces of gold. # 39; gold.

He noted that Anglogold Ashanti produced about 312,000 people in 2012 with 5,000 people, while Tarkwa Mines produced more gold ounces with a reduced workforce.

He added that the problem was more about manpower and finance and not a political party that was deliberately closing a business.

The former Obuasi Metropolitan CEO also revealed that what the President had done yesterday was the launch of the redeveloped Obuasi mines and not a reopening as the NPP wanted to make it known.