{"id":118105,"date":"2026-07-31T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/parliament-urged-to-enforce-mineral-royalty-disbursements"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:39:15","slug":"parliament-urged-to-enforce-mineral-royalty-disbursements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/parliament-urged-to-enforce-mineral-royalty-disbursements","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Urged to Enforce Mineral Royalty Disbursements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Ghana\u2019s Extractive Sector Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) has urged Parliament to summon State agencies over delays in disbursing mineral royalties to mining host communities.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Group said the delays were stalling development projects, disrupting local planning and undermining the objectives of the Minerals Development Fund Act.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw, a member of the MSG, made the call at a media engagement to disseminate the findings of the 2023 Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) Report in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the persistent delays to weak oversight, saying Parliament should ensure compliance with the Minerals Development Fund Act, 2016 (Act 912), by holding State institutions accountable for the timely release of approved funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of development projects in some of these beneficiary communities have come to a standstill, and the uncertainty over the timing of disbursements makes it difficult for communities to plan development activities with any confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is more worrying is the role of Parliament in all this because they passed the law mandating that certain percentages of mineral royalties be disbursed to mining host communities,\u201dDr Manteaw said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Parliament should ensure that information on delayed payments, including the institutions responsible and the amounts outstanding, was made public to strengthen<\/p>\n<p>transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech read on his behalf, Mr Patrick Nomo, Co-Chair of the GHEITI Multi-Stakeholder Group and Chief Director at the Ministry of Finance, said reforms to the mineral royalty regime had improved the management of extractive revenues.<\/p>\n<p>He said GHEITI advocacy had contributed to reforms, including changes to the mineral royalty regime and the institutionalisation of subnational royalty transfers through the Minerals Development Fund to enable mining communities to benefit more directly from mineral resources.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nomo, however, said revenue leakages and weak inter-institutional coordination continued to constrain the sector\u2019s contribution to national and local development.<\/p>\n<p>He called for stronger institutional collaboration and improved data management to enhance transparency and ensure that resource revenues translated into tangible benefits for mining communities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nomo reaffirmed the Government\u2019s commitment to using evidence generated through GHEITI to inform policy reforms and strengthen accountability in the extractive sector.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Minerals Development Fund Act, mineral royalties are distributed through a statutory formula, with district assemblies receiving 55 per cent of the allocation to local government, mining-affected communities 25 per cent and traditional councils 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Ghana<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Ghana\u2019s Extractive Sector Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) has urged Parliament to summon State agencies over delays in disbursing mineral royalties to mining host communities. The Group said the delays were stalling development projects, disrupting local planning and undermining the objectives of the Minerals Development Fund Act. 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