Akufo-Addo supports my galamsey fight – Amewu
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, has said that he has the backing of the president for his fight against illegal mining in the country.
According to him, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, also supports his tactics adding there has not been any interference in his job.
The Minister made the remark on citi fm on Wednesday.
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister had been rebuked for begging a Chinese delegation to help Ghana address illegal mining in Ghana.
“These are diplomats; the people that visited Ghana are not the people who engage in the activity at all. If I had met Chinese who engage in illicit mining my language to them would be quite different from another group of people that I’m going to use to work on the illegal miners. I couldn’t have been harsh on them. We had to acknowledge their contributions, not all countries would do that. We have Malians, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and a lot more countries engaged in this activity but I don’t think that if you extend invitation to them, they will come and be prepared to work. So the believe is that after they move out of the field, we are going to come in with an action that will make sure that, the lawlessness is rectified.”
3-week ultimatum
The Minister further gave a three week ultimatum to persons engaging in illegal mining to stop adding that they have put in place a number of measures to clamp down on recalcitrant ones.
