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17 Aug 2015

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Ghana: Mineral revenue management law to complement EITI for increased transparency in natural resource sector

'Mineral revenue management law vital', 17 Aug 2015: The…promulgation of a mineral revenue management law…will guarantee more efficient management and use of revenues from the mining industry, Mrs. Mona Quartey, Deputy Minister of Finance has said…Mrs. Quartey was speaking at the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) dissemination workshop..for parliamentarians…She assured [participants] of government’s commitment to making sure that extractive revenues were utilised in the most efficient and effective manner. Mrs. Quartey said Ghana…EITI had…increase[ed]…transparency in the mining and oil and gas sector…through publication…[of] revenue received by…government and payment made by companies…Ben Aryee…[from] the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources said …for EITI to succeed…parliament…[must] carry…out its core functions of regulatory and institutional oversight, representation and critical law making…