A joint committee of Parliament is facing criticism over its report concerning the salt mining lease awarded to Electrochem in Ada.
The Energy and Lands Committee has advised against any revision of the lease given to the company.
This recommendation comes despite reports of police and military violence against local residents, including the death of a miner and numerous injuries.
Residents of Ada have raised concerns about the lease, which they say has displaced many of them from their traditional small-scale salt mining activities.
Christian Corletey Otuteye, the MP for the area, has voiced strong objections to the committee’s findings.
He criticized the report for granting Electrochem a monopoly on salt mining in the region, which he argues has driven local miners out of business.
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