PAG calls for rejection of lithium mining agreement

The Progressive Alliance of Ghana (PAG) has urged Parliament to cull the government's revised lithium mining agreement, describing it arsenic “not acceptable for intent successful 2025 Ghana”. 

The alliance, a registered governmental enactment successful the country, argued that the statement does not prioritise the nation’s interests, with the authorities acceptable to ain lone a number involvement successful the associated venture.

Addressing a property league successful Accra past Monday, the person of the PAG, Apostle Dr John Kpikpi, said the existent lithium mining lease statement that gives the state 13 per cent and Barari DV 87 per cent was not successful the champion involvement of the state and called for a renegotiation.

“We should propulsion it out, we should instrumentality it disconnected the table. The starting constituent should beryllium Ghana 85 per cent and Barari 15 per cent, past we tin commencement talking. We are bushed of the changeless over-exploitation of our resources by foreigners, with the collusion of our successive governments,” Dr Kpikpi said.

Recall

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, connected November 13, 2025, laid the lithium mining lease statement betwixt the authorities of Ghana and Barari DV Ghana Limited successful Parliament.

The statement volition let for the mining of lithium and different uncommon world minerals astatine Ewoyaa successful the Central Region.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kinsford Bagbin, consequently referred it to the Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament for information and report.

Dr Kpikpi, who is besides a Reverend Minister, said the property league was to authorities the presumption of the enactment connected the lithium agreement, which was not successful the involvement of the state and called for a much transparent, equitable and patriotic attack to the absorption of the nation’s earthy resources. 

Value addition

He stressed the request for worth summation and processing of lithium successful the country, citing the imaginable for thousands of jobs and employment.

“The extremity merchandise of lithium is batteries, lithium-ion batteries, which person go precise important components successful electrical vehicles.

We indispensable marque definite that we acceptable up processing plants, process it, and yet nutrient the batteries here,” helium said.

“We should instrumentality our time, make expertise to get the lithium retired of the ground. In the meantime, let's permission the lithium successful the ground.

Let's permission it successful the crushed portion we hold for a amended arrangement,” helium stated.

He said the country’s gold, oil, bauxite, diamonds, and manganese were being exploited by overseas companies, with the state receiving a paltry sum successful return.

Dr Kpikpi, a erstwhile lecturer astatine the Faculty of Science, University of Ghana, Legon, lamented that the state earned $70 cardinal from golden exports betwixt 2014 and 2024, but lone received $8 billion, portion overseas companies raked successful $62 billion.

He said the communicative was akin for oil, with the state receiving lone 15 per cent of the revenue, and for bauxite, wherever it received a specified 10 per cent.

The person of the PAG called for a reversal of the ownership operation of the country’s earthy resources, wherever the federation would person the bulk of the gross from them.