HONOURABLE GEORGE MIREKU DUKER (DEPUTY MINISTER IN CHARGE OF MINES) VISITS GHANA INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (GIISDEC) SECRETARIAT.

HONOURABLE GEORGE MIREKU DUKER (DEPUTY MINISTER IN CHARGE OF MINES) VISITS GHANA INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (GIISDEC) SECRETARIAT. 

On Wednesday, 14th December 2022, the Minister in charge of mines, paid a working visit to the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC) secretariat to familiarize his self day to day activities of the corporation.

In his engagement with the Management and staff of the corporation, Hon. George Mireku Duker, tasked them to deliver on their mandate as enshrined by the  Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation Act 2019 (Act 988), to establish a robust Iron and Steel Industry which acknowledges local content policy along the value chain.

He urged the management to deepen stakeholder engagement in the Oti Region and all operational areas in line with its activities to clear doubts about tagging the entire mining chain as a bad entity and to conscientize the communities on the benefits and impacts of responsible exploitation of Iron in the Region.

He further tasked the management to properly showcasmilestonesestone chalked to Ghanaians and are effective local content in the allocation of the iron ore blocks to prospective investors 

Mr. Kwabena Bonsu Fodjour, the Chief Executive Officer for GIISDEC in his remarks expressed his gratitude for the visit and assured him to work expeditiously to achieve the objective of the corporation.