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Article

9 Sep 2015

Author:
Issah Alhassan, Chronicle (Ghana)

Ghana: NGO provides traditional leaders with paralegal training on mining

'Chiefs undergo paralegal training workshop on mining', 4 Sep 2015: A…Capacity-Building workshop on Paralegal and Relationship building has been organized for four chiefs and five opinion leaders…These four communities are affected by the operations of Perseus Mining (Ghana)…The training was…to sensitize the leaders [on] their legal right[s] and how…to claim their fair-share of the benefits accruing from the exploitation of their natural resource[s]...Mr.  Richard Adjei-Poku, Executive Director of Livelihood and Environment Ghana (LEG), a resource person of the workshop said  mining operation always involves three major stakeholders; Government, Investor and Communities affected and each of them has rights and obligations…Mr. Obeng, on behalf of the chiefs…thanked LEG…for a very useful and educative training…LEG…an environment, social and human rights…organisation operates mainly in…communities…affected by extractive activities.