Speaking at a special hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the development of the first phase of the Jubilee Oil Fields, organised for the Western Region House of Chiefs in Sekondi, he said the region had not benefited from natural endowments like the sea, gold, bauxite, timber and other minerals. 
Akizungumza katika kongamano maalumu kuhusu Tathmini ya Athari za Mazingira kwa ajili ya awamu ya kwanza ya kuendeleza Maeneo yenye mafuta ya Jubilee, lililoandaliwa na Mwakilishi wa mkoa huo wa Baraza la Machifu katika Sekondi, alisema eneo hilo halijafaidika na raslimali kama bahari, dhahabu na vito vingine, magogo na madini mengine.