Dr Pindi Chana, Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, unveiled this at the weekend when she visited the project site, saying that the talks go along with ensuring that the country’s resources are properly used to increase national growth development.
“It is now clear that the project is going to commence any time; the government has plans and we are committed to ensuring that they are achieved,’ she said.
Dr Chana said that Tanzanians are eager to see that the strategic project starts immediately and that the government is now committed to making the long awaited dream become a reality.
“We at the ministry in collaboration and my counterpart in charge of industrial affairs continue to manage this issue very closely,” she said.
“We want to ensure that these projects benefit all Tanzanians as our laws that were enacted in 2017 say on natural resources and how they should be used to bring development to the people and the nation.”
Neema Mwanga, a senior official at the ministry said the process is currently under negotiations to review the contract.
“In 2017, the Parliament enacted two laws which are the Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act and the Natural Wealth and Resources (Review and Re-Negotiation of Unconscionable Terms) in order to ensure that all contracts entered with investors in the extraction and use of the country’s wealth and natural resources should focus on ensuring resources are available, increasing the national income and bringing sustainable development to the people,” she said.
In addition, she said that because the country needs investors, the contracts entered into need to be beneficial for the country’s development.
Dr Witness Ishuza, the Liganga and Mchuchuma project manager from the National Development Corporation (NDC) said as per a research conducted in Liganga, the area has more than 128 million tonnes of iron.
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