He added that the large-scale mining companies in the country were mostly foreign multinational companies that had continued to operate without statutory obligation to recruit and train Ghanaians, use Ghanaian companies for the supply of goods and services, and transfer technology to Ghanaians and thus “the only probable direct benefits obtainable from the mining industry were some employment and taxes”.
He was however optimistic that employment and training of Ghanaians could be higher, if there was an LCP law to enforce this, considering that large-scale mining companies, all together, employed about 27 000 people made up of professionals like engineers, scientists, accountants and administrators as well as artisans like carpenters, electricians, plumbers, machine operators and drivers, and some unskilled labour.
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