In a major legislative push to ensure domestic businesses capture a larger share of Ghana’s mineral wealth, the Government has officially laid proposed policy and legal reforms before Parliament to dramatically enforce local content and procurement within the mining sector.
Speaking at the National Mining Dialogue 2026 in Accra on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, announced that the new measures build directly on the Mining Local Content and Local Procurement Policy Framework developed by the Minerals Commission.
The legislative package follows Cabinet’s approval of a revamped mining legal framework in July 2026, which overhauled mineral licensing, community benefits, and domestic participation protocols.
The Minister emphasised that the reforms mark a paradigm shift away from evaluating local content purely through headcounts of Ghanaian employees.
Instead, the upcoming legislation establishes legal mechanisms prioritizing domestic enterprises for major supply chain contracts, forcing aggressive technology and knowledge transfer, and ensuring local firms acquire the technical and operational capacity to compete for primary mining contracts.
To support the legislative drive, Alhaji Sulemana called for parallel action from mining communities and private operators.
He urged local communities to deliberately target technical education aligned with industry demands, noting that legal frameworks must be matched by a skilled local workforce.
Simultaneously, he charged mining companies to actively transfer technical capabilities so young Ghanaians can build sustainable enterprises beyond the lifespan of individual mining concessions.
The legislative proposals are currently under parliamentary consideration as the Ministry seeks actionable stakeholder inputs to finalize the nation’s new mining regulatory landscape.
