The Minority in Parliament has sounded the alarm over what it describes as a “dangerous drift towards state capture” in Ghana’s mining sector, accusing businessman Ibrahim Mahama, brother of President John Dramani Mahama, of allegedly exerting undue influence over key state institutions.

Addressing journalists in Parliament, the Minority Spokesperson on Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, said Ghana is at a defining moment in its natural resource governance.

Barely one year into the administration of President John Dramani Mahama, we are witnessing what can only be described as a dangerous drift towards state capture in the mining sector.

This is not an abstract concern. This is not rhetorical or alarmism. This is unfolding in real time through decisions, patterns, and actions that threaten our institutional integrity, economic stability, and democratic accountability, he stated.

At the heart of the Minority’s concerns are allegations of systematic appointments of individuals with close ties to Ibrahim Mahama into leadership positions across the mining sector’s regulatory bodies.

Mr. Ampratwum-Sarpong claimed that:
• The CEO of GIADEC was formerly Ibrahim Mahama’s personal lawyer.

• Board member Augustus Agbeli-Amegashi has provided consultancy services to Mahama’s companies, including Exton Cubic Group and Engineers & Planners.

These appointments, taken individually, may be explained. But taken together, they point to something far more serious, a growing convergence between public institutions and a single private corporate orbit, he warned.

The Minority insists that major agencies now respond to Ibrahim Mahama’s influence rather than to the Minister or Parliament, raising fears of compromised accountability in the governance of Ghana’s mineral wealth.