The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has shockingly made a case for businessman Ibrahim Mahama and his company, Engineers & Planners (E&P).
According to Abronye, Ibrahim Mahama’s Engineers & Planners (E&P) has done better for Damang than Newmont in their 22 years of operation.
He argued that the developmental impact of E&P at Damang surpasses what foreign-owned mining companies have achieved in their respective operational areas over several decades.
Abronye, in his commentary, singled out Newmont’s operations in Ahafo, highlighting that the development associated with E&P at Damang exceeds what Newmont has delivered to its host communities over approximately 20 years.
Speaking on Ohia TV in a video shared on X, Abronye stated, “If we’re to be truthful, the Damang that we made so much noise about; Ibrahim Mahama, the report coming in shows that Ibrahim Mahama has done better for Damang in terms of development than Newmont has done for Kenyasi in their twenty-two years of operation”
Abronye further highlighted that Ghana stands to benefit more from entrusting its gold resources to capable indigenous entrepreneurs such as Ibrahim Mahama than from relying predominantly on multinational mining companies.
According to Abronye, Ghanaian ownership could promote greater local investment, employment creation, infrastructure development and retention of mineral wealth within the national economy.
Abronye’s shocking endorsement is particularly significant given his history of political opposition to Ibrahim Mahama’s mining interests.
It will be recalled that in 2017, the concession involving Exton Cubic Group Limited, which had engaged Engineers & Planners, became the subject of intense political and legal controversy.
The NPP Bono regional chairman was among those who publicly challenged the arrangement.
However, Poyoo, a member of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, has said the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government would investigate Ibrahim Mahama over the Damang Mine.
According to Poyoo, concerns remain over whether the required parliamentary approval was obtained, adding that he believes the matter should be subjected to further scrutiny.
Speaking to journalists, Poyoo boldly stated, “We are saying it categorically, Damang Mine NPP will investigate. The Supreme Court made a categorical decision that before one is given a mining lease, they need to have parliamentary approval.
Ibrahim Mahama, the Damang Mine that was given to him did he have parliamentary approval before giving gold to the Goldbod? I rest my case”.
Meanwhile, netizens reacting to Abronye’s comment stated, “So from his words, the NPP always knows the truth, the right thing and way for the country to prosper but they prefer the nation goes wrong way/backwards so the youths suffer. That’s their style of politics since the Nkrumah Era. Typical nation wreckers”.
“That’s what industrialisation and local participation do to a country and the community.
When the owners are Ghanaians, the money stays in the country, and it accelerates development.
Why do you think the current Trump Administration has been working hard to ensure American companies bring back their factories to America?
And that strategy has brought in about 21 trillion dollars, depending on the figures.
But there is also a negative side to the story; some locals may also use it for the benefit of their families and destroy everyone’s life.
We have seen this also in this country”, one X user added.
A netizen added, “CONGRATULATIONS Abronye. Let’s call it patriotism in politics. The type of politics Ghanaians expected from politicians. If NPP kept to this lane, and presented a new face as its presidential candidate, NOT a FAILED Bawumia, NPP would have done well in 2024, and better come 2028”.
One last X user added, “Sometimes you have to put Ghana first, not everything you do politics with. Just like the IMF is doing to GoldBoard. Other African countries are studying and implementing Ghana GoldBoard, and the IMF is scared”.
Watch the video below:
“If we’re to be truthful, Ibrahim Mahama has done better for Damang in terms of development than Newmont has done for Kenyasi in their twenty-two years of operation” —Bono Regional NPP chairman, Abronye DC. [🎥: Ohia TV] https://t.co/t3iSgR97zo
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) October 21, 2026
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