Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has said that if he wins the 2018 presidential election, he would modify the Minerals Act.

He emphasized that the Chiefs would be included in the mining licensing procedure before any miner could get a license to operate in a particular region thanks to the proposed modification, which would include their participation.

During his Western Regional campaign visit, Dr. Bawumia made this statement on Thursday when he spoke to the Western Regional House of Chiefs.

He said that one of the main problems confronting the small-scale mining sector is the conventional authorities' lack of interest in mining licenses.

He suggested changing the Minerals Act to include Chiefs in his formalization agenda for the mining business in the event that he was elected president.

"We want to formalize small-scale mining, but without Chiefs' involvement, we cannot succeed," he said. The licensing of miners in their community must include the chiefs. They must participate in the whole procedure. Therefore, in order to do all of this, we must alter the Mining Act as needed. Decentralize the Environmental Protection Agency and the Mineral Commission so that they are located in different areas.