NOFPED Gives Upper East Regional Minister one week to apologize by calling Northerners greedy and untruthful people
Northern Forum for Peace and Development (NOFPED) an Organization operating in Northern Ghana has described the Upper East Regional Minister’s alleged descriptions of northerners as greedy and untruthful as weird to himself as a Regional Minister and the entire northerners. The Upper East Regional Minister Stephen Yakubu is reported to have said that “NORTHERNERS ARE VERY GREEDY AND UNTRUTHFUL”. This statement was reported by Media Without Borders on 25th May, 2023. The alleged pronouncement by Hon. Yakubu has not gone well with members of the Northern Forum for Peace and Development (NOFPED) who are calling for the regional Minister to immediately apologize to the good people of northern Ghana within one week. We think that it is so weird for a northerner like the Regional Minister himself who is from Binduri in the Upper East Region to insult his own kinsmen and kinswomen as greedy and untruthful people. The fact that the Regional Minister obtained his secondary education at Konongo in the Ashanti Region does not make him an Akan. The attitude he has exhibited so far in the office as a regional minister qualifies him as the one who should rather be described as greedy and untruthful. Meanwhile, a disclaimer from the Regional Minister says “First and foremost, the Regional Minister himself is an unalloyed and inborn Northerner who is committed to the socio-economic development of the Upper East Region and the North at large and will not make such a statement”. “Lastly, the UER Minister would like to admonish all well-meaning media stations in the region to be interested in the overall development of the region and eschew trivialities and things that have the tendencies to divide and retard growth” “The media should at all times exercise professionalism, report the truth, be partners in development and avoid the temptations of falling prey to individuals who, for their personal parochial interest, induce them to witch-hunt and misreport”. Kindly read NOFPED full press statement below: Northern Forum for Peace and Development (NOFPED) PRESS STATEMENT Motto: Respect for All Our ref……………. Date:11-06-23 Ladies and gentlemen of the press, good day. It has become necessary for all of us to come together and share this piece of disturbing news which seems to denigrate and insult us, the people from northern Ghana. It is disturbing to note that of recent the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Stephen Yakubu, has been in the news for all the negative reasons. He is known to have been in front of small-scale miners, negotiating with a Chinese mining firm and allegedly cheating our northern brothers who are into legal mining business.It is also alleged that he has connived with the CEO of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Martin Ayisi, to extort money from some small-scale miners to buy furniture for the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council, which is uncalled-for. Although in all these matters our intelligence tells us that he is under investigations being conducted by the police, EOCO and NIB. Our expectations are that the state institutions mentioned will do due diligence and serve him the deserved sanctions for his alleged deeds. As the saying goes: “No one is above the law.” Ladies and gentlemen, it is shocking to note that the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Stephen Yakubu, is reported to have said that “NORTHERNERS ARE VERY GREEDY AND UNTRUTHFUL”. This statement was reported by Media Without Borders on 25th May, 2023. Our investigation also leads to the fact that he, Hon. Stephen Yakubu, actually insulted northerners as reported. We think that it is so weird for a northerner like the Regional Minister himself who is from Binduri in the Upper East Region to insult his own kinsmen and kinswomen as greedy and untruthful people. The fact that the Regional Minister obtained his secondary education at Konongo in the Ashanti Region does not make him an Akan. The attitude he has exhibited so far in the office as a regional minister qualifies him as the one who should rather be described as greedy and untruthful. In the light of all this, we think his statement is unnecessary, it is offensive, it is demeaning and above all it is terrible. And we call on him to immediately apologise to the good people of northern Ghana within one week. We know of his interest to stage a comeback as a Member of Parliament (MP). Failing to apologise will see us work against him and against his government. We are going to stage street protests in his constituency (Binduri), Bolgatanga, Tamale, Wa, Nalerigu and Damango and ask His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to relieve him of his post. By this, we are also respectfully asking all the traditional chiefs in northern Ghana to openly rebuke him and ask him to apologise. We cannot live to hear Hon. Stephen Yakubu insulting the Bawku Naba, the Bolga Naba, the Nayiri, the Wa Na, the Chiana Pio, the Sandem Naab, the Nangod Naab. the Navro Pio, the Tongraan, the Paga Pio, the Yagbonwura and the Ya Naa to mention a few. These revered chiefs and other dignitaries in northern Ghana including Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, former President John Dramani Mahama, Speaker of Parliament Hon. Alban Bagbin, cannot be described as greedy and untruthful by the Regional Minister Hon. Stephen Yakubu. Hon. Stephen Yakubu must resign for committing this unthinkable blunder against the good people of northern Ghana. #StephenYakubuMustGo. Long live Northern Forum for Peace and Development! Long live northern Ghana!! Long live Ghana!!! Spokesperson: Christopher K. Asima Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062
I would be one of the very wealthy people in this country, If I were a thief
The former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said, if he was a thief, he would have been of the very wealthy people in the country. Addressing corruption-related issues related to expenditures by the dissolved Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, which he chaired, Prof Frimpong-Boateng shared his firm belief that if he were involved in illegal activities, he would have enriched himself with wealth. “If I were a thief, I would be one of the very wealthy people in this country. If we all thought about Ghana and had the best interests of this country at heart, we would not be where we are now,” he told TV3. Following the ongoing investigation conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Prof Frimpong-Boateng was invited to address corruption-related matters on the back of the report he spearheaded on activities of small-scale mining in the country. Following his appearance, the former minister was granted a GH¢2 million bail by the OSP. In an interview with 3news, the renowned surgeon provided a full account of his invitation to the OSP’s office on May 15, 2023, which culminated in his arrest and subsequent bail. “We waited at the lobby down there, and that was my first time in that building. “We arrived around 10 o’clock, waiting for my lawyer. When he came, we were taken upstairs to the 7th floor, where the office is, and then we were ushered into a room. I was given a chair, and opposite me was the Chief Investigator. “On my right, there were my two lawyers, and then some officers from that office. “So, as soon as I sat down, the Chief Investigator came to me. I was sitting down, and then he put his left hand on my right shoulder and said, ‘Professor, you are under arrest.’ “Why? He said they are investigating corruption and corruption-related activities of the IMCIM that I was chairman of. Any specific thing I had done? No, they are just doing their investigations, but all the same, I was under arrest,” Prof. Frimpong Boateng said. Prof. Boateng said, he found the arrest “strange,” considering preceding events, including some lawsuits brought against him. He further revealed that he was subjected to two hours of investigation at the OSP’s office before being granted a GHC2 million bail. “They did not even suggest self-recognizance bail. I needed somebody to bail me. So, a friend of mine was down there, and he came up and bailed me, and so I left, and they went with my friend to his house,” he stressed. He added that he is expected to report back to the OSP for further investigation.
Earl International Group Gold Ltd constructs magnificent school complex in Gbane community
A mining Company operating in Talensi of the Gbane community in the Upper East Region known as Earl International Group Gold Ltd has commissioned a magnificent school building block in the Gbane community. The construction of the Gbane Community Basic School Complex, started 3 years ago by the company, is a 12-unit 1-story classroom block fully furnished with 300 mono-desks and state-of-the-art facilities. Handing over the school to the District Education Directorate, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Earl International Group Gold Ltd Wei Xing said, as for them, children are always their future and hope. According to the CEO, they deeply understand the importance of education, especially for the next generation of the community. The reason for their decision to build the magnificent school block is part of our corporate social responsibility to the community and to create a safe, warm, and hopeful learning environment for the children. He encourage the community to continue with their support to the company, as he gave further assurance that his outfit will continue to undertake more of such projects in line with its corporate social responsibilities. “We firmly believe that as our company continues to grow and prosper, we will do our utmost best to undertake more social responsibilities and give back to the local community and Ghana government. We earnestly request your continued trust and support for the company”. Wei Xing stressed The Regional Minister who was at the ceremony lauded Earl International Group Gold Ltd and the CEO for putting what he described as a magnificent school building in the community. Using himself as an example, he said he wouldn’t have a regional minister without education. “Education is so crucial and so important and every day, I used myself as an example, if I didn’t go to school, where will I have been? I wouldn’t of course be standing here as a regional Minister, I wouldn’t. So, education is key”. “And as a northerner, it is only particular thing that I believe can cut out our level of poverty and that is education. So today, if the wisdom of Earl they have given this magnificent building then they need applauses”. “I am very sure, that for years to come, there are definitely going to be people from here who will be DCEs, who will be Ministers, who probably will be President of the country because of this school”. He tasked the District Chief Executive for Talensi, Thomas Duanab Wuni to ensure that every child of the Gbene community is in school. “The NPP Government, seeing the importance of education brought in Free Senior High School (FSHS) and for that matter now, even if you don’t have, you can always enroll yourself into education and that, you will be given a chance in life also to become someone one day and that is why our party brought in free education. I and sure that our fathers here will make sure that any little child from this community goes to school. I will ask my DCE to check this, to make sure all the children in the Gbene area my junior brothers, my daughters, and my sons will be in this community school and other schools that are within because is very key that is only education can help us develop. “So, lets us together work and when they go wrong, let us correct them so that together we will be peaceful and grow together”. The District Chief Executive for Talensi, Thomas Duanab Wuni also used the opportunity to extend an appeal to the company to incorporate the Chinese Language into the school’s curriculum and support the professional development of teachers as well as provide meals and all other facilities that will enhance teaching and learning for the school progress. He further, tasked the education directorate to put the facility to good use and ensure good results. Meanwhile, the company’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Ebenezer Bognaab also used the medium to outline some of the efforts of the company’s contributions to the community. He said the company has employed over one thousand workers and the majority from the community. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062
CEPIL concludes training of 50 paralegals for 2 regions in the Upper East
A Rights-based law firm that provides free legal representation and service to communities and other indigenes who cannot afford legal services that is a non-profitable organization headed by the Executive Director Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) Lawyer. Augustine Niber has concluded training for 50 paralegals in the Upper East Region. Engaging the media during the training workshop, Lawyer Niber said, they have been providing training on Human Rights and para-legalism to communities. According to him, the present program that they undertake here in the region is a paralegal training program that started 2 years ago with support from the FORD Foundation in building the capacity of community groups, opinion leaders, and community representatives from Upper East and Upper West on mining-related issues for person and district where mining is currently taking place. He stated that, “The basic requirement for the program is to train these paralegals to serve as vocal persons in communities and they are to play a kind of liaison role between their communities and other Civil Society Organizations and try as much as they can to serve as the voice of a community in bringing up mining-related issues and generally equip them with some basic legal knowledge that will support them as vocal persons in their communities and also provide them with some level of cost-effective to basic legal services to their communities”. The 50 paralegals comprise two regions and 5 districts Talensi, Nabdam, and Zebilla in the Upper East Region, and participants from the Nadowli and Wa East districts in the Upper West Region. Meanwhile, throwing more light on the training workshop, Laywer Niber explained, that one must complete the three modules before he or she is certified, “There are three modules for the training before one can be certified as a paralegal. The first module took place in Tamale in 2022, and the second module took place in the Upper West Region and what is happening in Bolga is the Third and last module and after which will certify them. The director explained He added, that the response they have gotten from those they have trained is already positive, because they have indicated the knowledge they have acquired from issues of mining including the right they were educated on. He believes, they now approach issues based on informed position and based on the advancement of what they have learned. “They are expected to create the awareness in their communities from the training they have had and also to enable demand respect for their rights and protect their rights within the context of mining activities in their communities”. However, asking what the next step will be for CEPIL, the Executive Director said, they will be doing a follow-up to ascertain the extent to which the trained paralegals are using the knowledge in their communities and also add that, when necessary, they may be organizing refresher programs for new things might come up. Chairman Savannah Research and Advocacy Network (SRAN) Mr. Nyeya Yen expressed satisfaction with the education provided so far by the Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) to persons from mining communities in the northern parts of the country. Mr. Nyeya, is optimistic that the training will produce good results, especially in tackling and managing issues that could result in conflict and as well as help community member understand their rights “Sometimes, the mining companies enter a community without following due process. Sometimes, some of these mining companies walk in and start mining and sometimes they walk into the community and give just a fowl to the landowners for them to do their sacrifices to enable start mining. Sometimes, what they called community entry, they may just meet with the District Chief Executive (DCE) and probably talk to the chiefs and start mining without talking to the community but as an activist in the community you should be able to let them do the right thing”. He stressed “So, we expect these categories of people who are trained as paralegals to help engage the community, engage the chiefs, and engage the Tindanas to guarantee a better deal”. Chief Operating Officer of TAMA Foundation Jonathan Adabre Akatue said, all the 50 activists have been trained on, issues of compensation, resettlement, environmental safety, and more. According to him, the importance of this training is that, it will guide communities, citizens in mining communities on what they need to do when mining is taking place, the responsibility of the mining company, the responsibility of the state regulator which is the Mineral Commission, the responsibility of the Assembly, the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency and the responsibility of many other actors who play a role in mining. He was satisfied that so far, the results from the field are encouraging and the majority of them have taken steps to deal with resettlement discussions, to deal with compensation matters and it is for the good of all of us as citizens of this nation. However, before awarding certificates to the trainees, the Executive Director of CEPIL cautioned all qualified candidates not to misuse their opportunity by using the certificate acquired from the training to engage in any form of illegality. If I hear anything, I will be the first to report you to the police and I will be the first to testify on the case. As I said, you are to use this knowledge to benefit your community. Don’t go and use it to solicit funds. If I hear that you have collected money to take or provide any kind of advice, I will be the first to report you to the police and am serious about it. He warned “I have not trained you to use your knowledge to cheat your community”. On behalf of the 50 trained paralegals, Mr. Sapak of SRAN extended their gratitude to the staff and the Executive Director Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) Lawyer. Augustine Niber for taking through mining law that will help guide them in their various
Gov’t strengthening laws to deal with people engaged in galamsey – Jinapor
Government is resourcing the Ghana Geological Survey to undertake more geological operations in order to block out small-scale mining areas across the country. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, disclosed this when he spoke at a two-day transformational dialogue on small scale mining organised by the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani. According to the Minister, this is to ensure the sustenance of small-scale mining. “We are resourcing the Ghana Geological Survey to undertake more geological operations to block out areas of small-scale mining,” he announced. “We are doing this to ensure that small-scale mining becomes sustainable and responsible.” The Minister also disclosed that government is putting in place stringent measures to deal with people who engage in illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey.’ “Those who have vowed to ignore all stringent measures and continue with the illegalities, we are strengthening the law enforcement regime by increasing the punishment for convicted persons engaged in illegal mining,” he warned. For his part, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Professor Elvis Asare Bediako, empasised the role of the artisanal sub-sector in eradicating poverty. “The artisanal sub-sector alone provides livelihoods of over 100 million jobs to people. The artisanal sub-sector has the potential to lift many rural people out of poverty,” he remarked. —Classfm—
Chinese province of Hunan to partner Lands Ministry in mineral investment
A high-powered delegation from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Hunan Sub-council on Wednesday, May 16, 2023 paid a courtesy on the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor (MP). The visit was to engage the Ministry on avenues the two countries can deepen their bilateral relations and ramp up economic and trade ties to the mutual benefit of citizens of both countries. Speaking during the visit, Mr Jinapor disclosed that Ghana’s relationship with China is a great and mutually beneficial one which has gained noteworthy recognition in areas of economic trade, mineral and mining investments, education and social development. “There is a strong people-to-people relationship between Ghana and China. There are a lot of Ghanaian citizens who travel to China for all kinds of businesses and there are Chinese citizens who travel to Ghana for all kinds of businesses”, he said. The delegation from the Hunan sub-council made a presentation to the Minister and other officials of the Ministry on the various aspects of the country in which they seek to collaborate with Ghana on. The key sectors which were highlighted in the presentation include mining, healthcare, industrial growth among other things. The leader of the delegation, Zhou Shengqiao, Deputy Inspector, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Hunan Sub-Council through the presentation also outlined various means in which they can collaborate with the Ministry for the responsible and sustainable harnessing and exploitation of the country’s natural resources. The Minister noted with satisfaction the detailed presentation offered by the Chinese delegation to partner the Ministry in the area of natural resources exploitation and added that his outfit through the Chief Director will hold further engagement with the council. He also promised to pay a working visit to the council establishment as part of his Ghana’s participation in the Beijing Mining Conference slated for October this year. —Classfm—
UER: NPP Youth Group Give Upper East Regional Minister 2weeks Ultimatum to Resign or….
Youth of the governing New Patriotic Party popularly known as NPP Youth Group For Party Development and Agambila Youth of NPP in the Upper East Regional Capital Bolgatanga have registered some level of frustrations and displeasure over the treatment meted against Yeneya Mining Enterprise a mining institution belonging to Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon, the Upper East Regional Organizer of the governing NPP. The group has given Upper East Regional Minister two weeks to tender his resignation or they will hit the street. The aggrieved NPP youth group during a press conference read by the PRO NPP Youth Group For Party Development Abdulai Hudu demanded that the Upper East Regional Minister Stephen Yakubu should “Quickly resolve the impasse he the regional minister has created between Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon and the Earl International. “Return the money meant for Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon to Earl International so that he (Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon) will go and collect the money directly from Earl International”. “Resign from his post as the regional minister or else we the youth groups will hit the streets after two weeks from today”. “We want to state that Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon has not assigned or directed anyone to collect money or mediate on his behalf or on behalf of his company and therefore the alleged act of the regional Minister could amount to false representation which is criminal. By this act of the Regional Minister, we are calling on the law-enforcement agencies, notably the NIB and the police, to investigate him and bring him to book if found culpable” the group demands However, when Apexnewsgh contacted the Regional Minister on the concerns raised by the youth, the Minister said he has no right as an individual to take anybody’s concession, “do I work with Mineral Commission? Am I the company [Earl International]? The problem is that, this company they are talking about [Earl International], they had a license and this license was signed by then Minister in 2019 and my understanding is that, it has been ratified by parliament and if you go deep into the matter, you would see that people were not even happy that they have given the concession to them”. “We have a ministry that deals with that. So, it is not the Regional Minister that give that concession to Earl International and it happened in 2019, 2019 was I here? I wasn’t here”. He asked I don’t know what else he want me to do, he has told everybody that he has not asked me to act on his behalf and I have left it and I have told the company that the person am talking for, said I should not speak for him again, so they should deal with him directly” The Minister said. Below is the full statement released by the youth group: PRESS STATEMENT NPP YOUTH GROUP FOR PARTY DEVELOPMENT AND AGAMBILA YOUTH OF NPP IN UPPER EAST REGION ON THE ABUSE OF OFFICE BY THE UPPER EAST REGIONAL MINISTER (HON. STEPHEN YAKUBU) AND HIS UNDUE INTERFERENCE IN THE MINING BUSINESS OF HON. CHARLES T. NDANBON (NPP REGIONAL ORGANISER / PARTY FINANCIER) The Upper East regional minister (Hon Stephen Yakubu) abused his office by using the Regional Coordinating Council GCB account number 9011130014513 to receive Compensation meant for Yeneya Mining Enterprise owned by the NPP regional organizer and a party financier (Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon). We want to state that Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon has not assigned or directed anyone to collect money or mediate on his behalf or on behalf of his company and therefore the alleged act of the regional Minister could amount to false representation which is criminal. By this act of the Regional Minister, we are calling on the law-enforcement agencies, notably the NIB and the police, to investigate him and bring him to book if found culpable. It is public knowledge in the upper East region that between 2008 to 2021 Hon Charles T Ndanbon and Shaanxi were having cordial business relationship after he traveled to China to lobby Shaanxi into Ghana. The Company has since employed so many youths in the region and has contributed to the development of the region. In 2021 the small-scale mining license of Shaanxi was revoked and they were required to acquire a large-scale mining license which they did with a new name Earl International Gold Limited and signed an agreement with their original mining partner (Hon Charles T. Ndanbon) CEO of Yeneya mining Enterprise on certain terms agreed upon by both parties, To the Suprise of Hon. Charles T Ndanbon, the regional minister called him to a meeting to inform him that Earl International Gold mining limited wanted to buy off his entire concession contrary to their earlier agreement which he (Hon. Charles T Ndanbon) turned down. But sadly, the Earl International is currently mining in his concession under Police and military protection offered by the regional minister meanwhile the percentage due him/his company is not being honored by Earl International which the regional minister is much aware of. We want to state clearly that Hon. Charles T Ndanbon is not against Earl international’s large Scale mining status but only demands that the agreement signed earlier should be complied with. We the youth groups here want to state categorically clear that it’s the effort of Hon Charles T Ndanbon that Earl International Gold Mining limited formerly Shaanxi came into Ghana and Upper East Region to be precise and anyone enjoying from the mining activities of Earl International is enjoying from the labour of Hon. Charles T Ndanbon. We as NPP youth are therefore calling on the regional minister to; Quickly resolve the impasse he the regional minister has created between Hon. Charles T Ndanbon and the Earl International. Return the money meant for Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon to Earl International so that he (Hon. Charles T. Ndanbon) will go and collect the money directly from Earl International. Resign from his post as the regional minister or else we the youth
“People who are engaged in illegal mining are worse than arm robbers”—Sammy Gyamfi
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has said, people who are engaged in illegal mining are worse than arm robbers, because what they do is to satisfy their greed and selfishness. Apexnewsgh.com reports Mr. Gyamfi, made the pronouncement on the TV3 morning programme monitored by Apexnewsgh.com on Friday, April 28, 2023, when discussing Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng’s controversial reports “People who are engaged in illegal mining are worse than arm robbers, because what they do is to satisfy their greed and selfishness. They destroy water bodies we rely on for our very sustenance. You know water is life, so if destroy our waters bodies, our forest reserve just to satisfy your insensible greed and self-interest like these appointees have shamelessly done, you are a murderer, you are a criminal and you deserve to be defended”. He said According to Mr. Gyamfi, the report also captured that party functionaries and the Chinese were all in the forest reserve destroying water bodies without no mercy for Ghanaians “Frimpong Boateng’s report also talked about the fact that right from the National executive level of the NPP to the Unit Committee level, Regional Executives they all engage in indiscriminate galamsey with the Chinese destroying our water bodies. This is not the gospel according to NDC or Sammy Gyamfi. If the Aligator comes from the water to tell you that the crocodile is dead, you don’t argue it, the man was at the helm of affairs in charge of the fight and this is his verdict”. Meanwhile, the report also said, a Member of Parliament Hon. Albert Joseph Quarm obtained a lot of mining concessions which he sold to whooping( Ghc 2 billion) Two Billion old Ghana Cedis. I will be glad if they go to court. Because Prof. Frimpong Boateng anytime he is challenged forcefully has come out with better particulars with even more evidence to substantiate the claims he made in the report. He stated Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com
“Prof. Frimpong Boateng report is the obituary of Nana Addo’s fraudulent fight against galamsey”—Sammy Gyamfi
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has described Prof. Frimpong Boateng’s report as the obituary of Nana Addo’s fraudulent fight against Galamsey. Apexnewsgh report According to Mr. Gyamfi, the report by Prof. Boateng settled the issue or not whether President Akufo- Addo is committed to the fight against Galamsey once and for all. “Any reasonable objective-minded persons who read that report authored by a well-trained Cardiothoracic surgeon, former Minister for Environment, science and technology, and Chairman for the inter-ministerial committee against illegal mining, will come to the inevitable conclusion that Nana Addo proclaimed fight against galamsey was a sham. It was a scam, it was a chared and the real intention as some of us have always maintained is that, he just wanted to kick out legal Ghanaian small-scale miners from the mining industry and help his government and party functionaries to take over the illicit galamsey menace with their Chinese and other foreign collaborators and nothing more. And that is what the Frimpong Boateng report shows”. He stressed This he said, is the reason some of the people implicated in the reports are fighting so hard to discredit the astute Prof. Boateng “That is why our brothers are jumping over themselves very desperately to discredit the report, discredit Prof. Frimpong Boateng and that is why they are insulting him and calling him names. Of course, Hon. Titus Glover has not done that, he sounded a bit patriotic on the matter calling for investigations indicating that the evidence is strong enough for investigation and that is commendable. But if you listen to the other surrogates of the NPP and spokespersons, clearly you can see that they are not comfortable to that fact that Frimpong Boateng report has exposed the duplicity, the hypocrisy, the dishonesty of President Akufo-Addo”. Mr. Gyamfi said Mr. Gyamfi further stated, that despite banning Small Scale Mining for One year and Three months, burning excavators belonging to legal Ghanaian Small Scale Miners, and killing some in the process all in the name of fighting galamsey, President Akufo-Addo ended up making galamsey a free for all enterprise to his party members and government officials. “Prof. Frimpong Boateng in this report said, after President Akufo-Addo banned Small Scale Mining for One year and Three months, burned excavators belonging to legal Ghanaian Small Scale Miners, and killed some in the process all in the name of fighting galamsey, President Akufo-Addo ended up making galamsey a free for all enterprise to his party members and government officials. Frimpong Boateng’s report says the Jubilee House is the head Quarters of Galamsey in Ghana. That some Presidential staffers like Charles Tegoe, the personal assistant to the Chief of Staff, to the director of operations at the Presidency Lord Commey all actively involved in the galamsey and the man just didn’t talk, he provided further and better particulars to support that claim. I am happy that Titus Glover did not try to defend those people because those people have to be defended”. He stressed Mr. Gyamfi made the pronouncement on TV3 morning programme monitored by Apexnewsgh.com Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is man of integrity, he saved Ghana US$88.24million Contentious Judgment Debt–Okudzeto Ablakwa
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has openly thrown his support to show the world Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation is a man of integrity. Apexnewsgh.com reports He further gave a strong example of how Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng saved the country US$88.24million Contentious Judgment Debt, insisting that his credibility cannot be impeached & a clarion call on Ghanaians to continue Prof.’s patriotic example. He gave detailed examples below: How Prof. Frimpong-Boateng Saved Ghanaians from a US$88.24million Contentious Judgment Debt, Why His Credibility Cannot Be Impeached & A Clarion Call On Ghanaians To Continue Prof.’s Patriotic Example Since the release of Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng’s cataclysmic galamsey report by Kevin Taylor, I have observed a relentless and really despicable campaign targeted at the credibility of the internationally acclaimed heart surgeon. The Akufo-Addo presidency has led the charge describing Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s shocking revelations as mere “hearsay” and a “catalogue of personal grievances.” Other officials at the presidency such as Lord Commey have even questioned the Professor’s “state of mind” when he authored the report. The President’s cousin and sidekick Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has had his own version of choice words for the Professor describing him as a man with a “weak understanding of his ministerial position.” Majority Group Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu joined the fray questioning why Prof. Frimpong-Boateng did not present the report to cabinet— a rather lame proposition considering that the Frimpong-Boateng 36-page report had indicted a number of his colleague Cabinet Ministers. Then there have been other NPP functionaries on the extreme fringes such as Chairman Wontumi and Charles Bissiw who have gone as far as to directly accuse Prof. Frimpong-Boateng of equally being guilty as those his report exposed — discredited claims in the face of the recent CHRAJ exoneration of Prof. Frimpong-Boateng. Having observed the ongoing vicious, atrocious and well-orchestrated campaign of calumny by a powerful but wounded NPP galamsey cartel seeking to damage the credibility of Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, raise questions about his true motives and dent his patriotic credentials; I decided to embark on an independent assessment of the Professor’s tenure as Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation. An objective review of piles of documents I have intercepted from multiple sources brings me to an irresistible conclusion that Prof. Frimpong-Boateng served his country with the highest grade of integrity. The desperate bombardments on his credibility by a complicit NPP galamsey gang are therefore unpatriotic, unwise and a clear case of organized crime fighting back. I can today reveal that it is to the credit of Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng’s exemplary integrity and commendable vigilance that the Ghanaian taxpayer was saved from paying a staggering US$88.24million in a controversial judgment debt to a company known as Apex Pollution Control Company Limited (APCCL) in 2020. Volumes of intercepted documents show that Ghana’s Attorney-General reached the controversial settlement in President Akufo-Addo’s first term after arbitration with Apex Pollution Control Company Limited. The Attorney General subsequently requested the Ministry of Finance to pay the entire US$88,247,246.63 to APCCL in a letter dated April 16, 2020. Strangely, though Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation was the supervising ministry for the abortive Apex deal, he wasn’t consulted or made to provide any input by his colleagues in government throughout the various stages until the 6th of July, 2020 when Prof. was presented with a fait accompli by a letter from the Chief Director of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Patrick Nomo confirming that the records of the Ministry of Finance “indicate that no request was received from the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation” and that the Attorney General’s request of US$88,247,246.63 should be validated and certified by the Internal Audit Unit of Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s ministry. (See evidence of letter attached). Impressively, and in the utmost interest of Ghana, upon receipt of the Finance Ministry’s letter requesting validation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng promptly sent a brutally frank and no holds barred memorandum to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo dated July 21, 2020. In the Professor’s memo, he exposed how the US$88.24million settlement was reached on his blind side soon after the change of power, the irregularities of the transaction, how NDC Ministers before him could not implement the project and most importantly how he was not in the position to approve the transaction. (See Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s nationalistic Memo to Akufo-Addo attached). Similar to how President Akufo-Addo treated Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s galamsey report, this memo was totally ignored by the President. The memo remains contemptuously ignored almost three years on. My ever reliable deep throat sources at the Presidency have narrated how numerous follow-ups and emails to the President’s Secretary from Prof. Frimpong-Boateng on this matter didn’t receive the much needed presidential attention. The stash of documents in my possession further reveal that after Prof. Frimpong-Boateng successfully blocked the US$88.24million payment when he served as Minister from 2017-2021 by refusing to carry out the requested validation, there is now renewed interest and fresh appetite to revive the deal seeing that Prof., who had acted as a formidable obstacle is no more in the way after President Akufo-Addo left him out of his second term. It remains a mystery how a minister who remarkably helped the President protect the public purse in line with Akufo-Addo’s own pledge to Ghanaians couldn’t find favour with the President. Probably, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng took his boss’s public assurances too seriously. From more intercepted official communication on the US$88.24million Apex Judgment Debt, it is obvious the current Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie has departed from Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s position when one reads his 21st June, 2021 letter to the Minister for Finance. Strikingly, despite the concerns Prof. Frimpong-Boateng expressed boldly on this matter, there has been no shift in position by the Office of the Attorney-General on their US$88.24million demand from the Finance Ministry. It’s quite ironic when the Chief State Attorney, Mrs. Dorothy Afriyie-Ansah had stated in her arbitration response dated June