Accra, Dec 19, - Ms Mercy
Adu-Gyamfi, Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency on Tuesday expressed
concerns about poor performance and failed promises of the Ghana Consolidated
Diamond Limited (GCDGL) situated in her constituency.
She urged the Government to take
back the mine and give it to a new investor.
“Mr Speaker, it is now clear that
the company does not have the intention or capability of doing any mining,” Ms
Adu-Gyamfi said.
In her maiden statement on the
floor of Parliament, the Legislator recalled that the GCDGL took over the
company in 2011, with a promise to invest $100 million in a five year period
and was expected to produce one million carats of diamond every year within the
period.
It also promised to create 2,500
direct jobs and 50,000 indirect jobs for support services
“The GCDGL then said it intended
to establish integrated diamond mining and processing industry with the main
objective of turning around the fortunes of the mine,” with a further to bring
a turnaround strategy plan that will lift the company by bringing on board a
management team and consultants with lot of expertise in mining, business
development, finance and community development,” Ms adu-Gyamfi said.
However, the “new company, has
since its beginning done no mining.
“Its interest has only been to
putting together parts of plant machinery and selling them as scraps”.
She added: “Since they have also
failed to live up to their financial obligations in taking over the mine, I
think it is time to live up to their financial obligations in taking the mine,
I think it is time for them to hand over the mine to Government for a more
serious investor to come in.”
According Mrs Adu-Gyamfi, the
company has so far been involved in selling sand and stone piled up all over
the place.
The Legislator said the chiefs
and people of the Constituency wished strongly that “another group will take
the mine to bring better benefits to improve upon the quality of their lives”.
GNA
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