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Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources, has called for the establishment of a Salt Development Authority in Ghana.

He appeared before Parliament's Appointments Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 where he was grilled by the members.

A question on the exploitation of natural resources was posed to the Minister-designate and in response, he made reference to the importance of salt development in Ghana.

According to lawyer Jinapor, salt is a very significant commodity that must be exploited to enhance Ghana's economic growth.

''The full value chain of salt has to be established here in Ghana. Mr. Chairman, for instance, you cannot build an integrated aluminium industry without salt. You cannot build the integrated iron and steel industry in Ghana without salt. The petrochemical industry cannot actually thrive without salt. So, salt is extremely important'', he said.

He highlighted the duty of the Salt Development Authority stressing its mandate will be to build the salt value chain in the country.

''I think that it's gotten to a time where we probably should consider the establishment of a Salt Development Authority in Ghana whose mandate will be responsible for building the full value chain of salt in Ghana...I believe if we get this Authority in place where we can have a refinery for salt and a terminal for salt, it will help a great deal.''