Galamsey Archives - Page 4 of 7

05 May

Allocating Appropriate Lands To Small Scale Miners Will Curb Galamsey- Minerals Commission CEO

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Chief Executive Officer of Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has lamented about failure of getting appropriate places for small scale miners, attributing it to the cause of high rate of illegal mining best known as galamsey in Ghana. In an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Mr Ayisi expressed worry with regards to land allocation for small scale miners in Ghana without having to affect water bodies. He stated that it has led to the major contributors to illegal mining(Galamsey), which would be rectified once such need has been met. According to Mr…

03 May

Stop The Greediness- Nana Kay Fires Gurus Of Both NPP & NDC Involved In Galamsey

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A member of the NPP's communication team, Nana Kay has advised members of both NPP and NDC to stop deceiving Ghanaians on their quest to fight Galamsey. According to him, if both parties will agree and desist from the act, the menace could be tackled easily- rather than the rhetoric. "Are people not jailed every day for illegal mining? Yet are people still not engaged in illegal mining? It's about time we tell ourselves the truth. The galamsey menace happening in this country could only stop if both NPP and NDC will desist from the act. We know people who…

29 Apr

Gabby Otchere-Darko Sues Prof Frimpong-Boateng For GHȼ10m Over Galamsey Report

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Lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has sued former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng for defamation and is demanding GHȼ10m in damages. A libel suit filed by Gabby against Prof. Frimpong-Boateng accuses the latter of defamation in his controversial report on activities of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, and apart from “The sum of Ten Million Ghana Cedis (GHC10,000,000.00) as General Damages including Aggravated and/or Exemplary Damages for Defamation for libel”, Gabby also wants him to apologise for and retract his words. He also asks for an order for a perpetual injunction…

28 Apr

Report Based On Facts And Not Personal Sentiments- Govt’s Spokesperson On Economy

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Government's spokesperson on economy, Manasseh Atta Boahen, has admonished self made investigators of illegal mining (galamsey) to produce factual reports and not personal sentiments. Speaking on interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Manasseh said the New Patriotic Party government is determined to curb the persistent increase of illegal mining known as galamsey. He reiterated that reports on the issue should be based on facts in order for the government to fight against it. According to Manasseh '' Minister for information has redeemed himself of all the allegations levelled against him in Professor's report,…

26 Apr

Prof. Frimpong’s Report: Calls For A Bi-Partisan C’ttee Is Baseless- George Krobea To Sammy Gyamfi

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A deputy national communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), George Krobea Asante, has described as baseless, the request by the NDC for a bi-partisan committee into Prof. Frimpong Boateng's report on Galamsey. According to Krobea Asante, that would be a waste of time and resources because President had already tasked the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to probe into the matter. He said this shows how wasteful the NDC could be if they are ever given the mandate to rule this country. "Is Sammy Gyamfi trying to tell us that the CID cannot handle the case, hence calls for…

26 Apr

I Am Ready To Face Any Institution To Clear My Name- Captain Koda

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Top Security aide to the President, Captain (rtd) Edmund Kwadwo Koda, says he is ready to face any institution in order to clear his name regarding an accusation of his involvement in galamsey by Professor Frimpong Boateng. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Captain Koda noted that to come clean or claim his innocence, he is willingly to go before institutions such as CHRAJ, Police CID and Special Prosecutor. According to him accusations made of him being involved in illegal mining best known as galamsey by Professor Frimpong Boateng are…

25 Apr

All Those Who Had The Capacity To Help Pres. Akufo-Addo Fight Galamsey Woefully Failed Him- Ernest Frimpong

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A communications team member of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) Ernest Frimpong has said that all those who has the capacity and were in authority to help President Akufo-Addo fight illegal mining woefully failed him. She added that this goes to those who were in charge from 2017 to 2020, where the NPP nearly lost the elections- including Prof. Frimpong Boateng. Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning show, he said that "the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) equally failed the President. The mining issue is still the same. Operation Vanguard was an industry the President created.…

25 Apr

Mining Blame Games Can Be Resolved If The Mining Law Is Revised- Paul Amanning

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Communication member for the New Patriotic Party, Paul Amaning, has stated that revision of the mining law can bring mining blame games to a halt. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Paul Amaning advised the Government to have a relook at the mining law, in order to curb galamsey and mining blame games. Again, he suggested that mining issues can be easily resolved if Government engages in buying of gold from legal mining companies, compelling illegal small scale miners best known as Galamsey to go through the right registration process…

25 Apr

MP Petitions CHRAJ To Probe Galamsey Fight Report Scandals

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South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate violations of fundamental human rights, alleged corrupt practices, issues of conflict of interest and abuse of public office by certain public officials and others cited in the report of the Work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). The petition filed by lawyers for the MP also wants CHRAJ to investigate allegations of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of office made by Charles Bissue, the former secretary of the IMCIM, against Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the former chairman of the IMCIM,…

25 Apr

Prempeh: Galamsey Involves Legal Services, Security And Police Protection, Media, Regulatory, Political Cover

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Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana) Professor H Kwasi Prempeh has said illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) is a whole value chain business that involves equipment leasing and legal services. He said the practice also involves security and police protection, media, regulatory and political cover. “Pay attention,” he wrote on his Facebook page. Prof Prempeh’s comments come on the heels of the public brawl involving a former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Chairperson of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM),Professor Frimpong-Boateng and some government officials over galamsey. Prof Frimpong-Boateng in his report on…