Akufo-Addo’s Comment On Akonta Mining Won’t Affect OSP Probe – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has dismissed claims that comments by President Nana Akufo-Addo, exonerating the Akonta Mining Company Limited will affect the investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Akonta Mining owned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi has been in the news for mining in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region without recourse to the law. President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, January 4, defended the mining firm, claiming that the company has not engaged in illegal mining popularly known…