Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has rejected that suggest President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is meddling in the fight against illegal mining, insisting it would be outrageous for him to do that.
“The President will not countenance interference in the galamsey fight,” The Lands Minister stressed.
Mr. Jinapor said that in an interview with the media at the National Youth Conference on natural resources and environmental governance in regard to a 37-page report compiled by Professor Kwabena-Frimpong-Boateng, the former Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), which he presented to the Chief of Staff on March 19, 2021.
According to the Minister, it is not in his place to pass judgment on his predecessors’ work in combating galamsey issues.
“I have no moral right to pass judgment on my predecessors. The good people of Ghana are in a better position to judge and all stakeholders… I don’t want to be drawn into this”.
However, Mr. Jinapor denied having knowledge of any involvement of Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, in galamsey, describing him as a “decent gentleman who has been discharging his duties with candor.”
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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