Titus Glover, a former Tema East MP, has threatened to stage a one-man demonstration at Jubilee House should President John Mahama choose to renew the mining lease of Gold Fields.
According to Titus Glover, Gold Fields has been mining in Ghana for 30 years, asserting that the mining company has already gotten what they want.
Titus Glover added that he would fiercely oppose any attempt to extend the South African mining giant’s Gold Fields lease, arguing that Ghanaian companies should be allowed to take over.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Titus Glover said, “Mining for 30 years is enough; they have gotten everything they wanted. If President Mahama renews the licence, we will go on a demonstration. I will come to the Jubilee House with my signboard, one-man show, so the President should not renew it”.
“They have forgotten that we contributed to their freedom while they were struggling. From the time of Nkrumah and Rawlings, we all did our part,” he said.
“If people like McDan, Despite, or any other can manage it, we must give it to them. We must deliberately raise champions in Ghana,” he stated.
“I blame President Ramaphosa and his government for sitting aloof and allowing these miscreants to treat Africans the way they are doing. What is our crime?” he questioned.
Also, Kofi Bentil, Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, has told Gold Fields to go back to their country, South Africa, as the Ghana government will not renew their mining lease.
According to Kofi Bentil, they will do everything they can to ensure the Gold Fields lease is not renewed because people in South Africa are hostile to the Ghanaian people.
He asserted that there is no proper reason to allow Gold Fields to profit from Ghana’s resources when its people treat Ghanaians like bandits
In a Facebook post, Kofi Bentil wrote, “We will do everything we can to ensure your lease is not renewed because people in your country are hostile to our people. There is no proper reason to allow you to profit from our resources when your people treat us like bandits!!! It is our land, our gold and our lease; we won’t renew it for you. If our government tries, we will fight it!!! .
Go back to your country !!!”.
In another post, Kofi Bentil added, “Make no mistake, Ghana is not retaliating in the same measure! We have not sacked MTN, DSTV or SHOPRITE yet, although SA citizens are oppressing us. The resistance against the Goldfields lease is just a small and reasonable response. #DontRenewGoldfieldsLease”.
Meanwhile, the CEO of Gold Fields, Mike Fraser, has said the mining company are not going to give up in any way on Tarkwa.
According to him, in November last year, Gold Fields submitted a lease extension for the Tarkwa mine, which will give them another 20 years of mining at Tarkwa.
Speaking at the Awudua in the Western Region on May 7 during a courtesy call on Nana Asare Brempong II, and the elders of the Apinto Divisional Area, disclosing that Gold Fields is not going to give up in any way on Tarkwa.
He stated, “We are not going to give up in any way on Tarkwa. In November last year, we submitted a lease extension for the Tarkwa mine, which would give us… another 20 years of mining at Tarkwa”.
Mike Fraser’s comments have ignited a debate on social media, with Ghanaians calling on the government not to renew their mining lease.
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