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Article

21 May 2015

Author:
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

Ghana: NGOs call for provision on environmental restoration to be included in extractives transparency bill

'CSOs call for a review of GHEITI bill', 21 May 2015: Civil society Organisations…are calling for…[a] review of…Ghana[‘s] Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) bill to include the restoration of the environment after extraction of resources. They are also proposing the establishment of an independent…institution to effectively monitor activities under the [E]xtractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI…[I]nstitutions including the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Third World Network, [and] ISODEC…raised the concerns at a meeting…of…Oil Watch Ghana…Executive Director of Oil Watch Ghana, Noble Wadjah observed that the bill in its current form cannot address the country’s multifaceted issues confronting the natural resources governance sector…