Tag Archives: Galamsey

A cousin of President Akufo-Addo has rejected the allegations by the former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng that he interfered with his efforts to fight the illegal mining menace. Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko said he never asked the cardiothoracic surgeon, who doubled as the former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’. The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as …

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Clement Apaak has called for an investigation into some comments made by the former Minister under President Akufo-Addo government regarding illegal mining. Former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, last week, alleged that there are many top government officials …

The former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) wants the court to prevent the Office of the Special Prosecutor from investigating him. Charles Bissue has secured an injunction at an Accra High Court seeking to do so. On October 10, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng started investigating …

Chiefs in the Ashanti Region who have had their lands invaded by illegal miners will be summoned by the Asantehene for questioning and possible sanctions. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says chiefs should not sit aloof while illegal mining activities ravage arable farmlands and water bodies. He says the failure of some …

An Accra High Court has threatened to release four alleged accomplices of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged illegal miner, due to the absence of interpreters. “I will adjourn the case for the last time, if we don’t get these interpreters (Chinese and Vietnamese), I will release the accused …

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has directed that all owners, operators and users of excavators in the country to register them with the Metropolitan, Municipal or District Assembly (MMDAs) within their jurisdiction.   This forms part of the move to end illegal small scale mining, commonly called galamsey …

The Police Criminal Investigations Department has been petitioned to arrest, investigate and prosecute Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi for alleged illegal mining. The petition was signed by the Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey, …

Despite the renewed conversations about illegal mining in the country, some of the persons involved seem unperturbed. Not even the threats by government in face of the ongoing trial of ‘galamsey’ kingpin Aisha Huang has discouraged some of them as a latest video shows. In a visual that popped up …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has suspended the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso with immediate effect, for his alleged involvement in galamsey. An audio in circulation which went viral on social media to implicate the District Chief Executive when he was purportedly …