A Ghanaian lawyer has asked the High Court to compel GOLDBOD, the state body mandated to buy gold from small-scale miners, to release details of its gold purchases, exports and internal operations since its establishment in 2025.
Eric Dawda, a private legal practitioner, filed a “mandamus” application on Monday (5 January), arguing that Goldbod failed to respond to a request for information submitted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
In an affidavit accompanying the application, Dawda said he subsequently petitioned the Right to Information Commission after Goldbod did not reply, but that petition also went unanswered.
He is now seeking the court’s intervention to enforce disclosure.
The application asks the court to order Goldbod to provide a list of all small-scale miners or licensed mining companies it has bought gold from, including licence numbers, transaction dates, volumes purchased and the locations of the miners.
Dawda is also requesting policy and operational documents governing Goldbod’s gold buying and selling activities, details of gold exports carried out since its inception, and information on the institution’s financial inflows and outflows.
Other information sought includes Goldbod’s internal control mechanisms, procurement plan, and any guidelines or directives outlining how it assays, values and exports gold.
Goldbod, which was set up to regulate and centralise gold purchases from small-scale miners, has not publicly responded to the application.
The High Court has yet to fix a date to hear the matter.
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