Former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Inusah Fuseini has disclosed that some government officials who were reportedly engaged in illegal mining under the Mahama-led administration were served letters of warning.
Names revealed in a damning report by the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng to have been involved in galamsey, include members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some top ranks of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Mr. Fuseini said that his outfit under the NDC-led administration saw some results in the fight against the canker. He said his activities led to the sacking of a district chief executive who reportedly engaged in illegal mining while warning others of getting arrested.
“My activities led to the sacking of the district chief executive. I can tell you that members of the government who were complicit were sent letters and warned that they would be arrested,” he said on JoyNews’ AM Show on Tuesday, April 25.
He has, however, expressed disappointment at the Akufo-Addo-led administration for failing to employ a robust mechanism in bringing perpetrators to book even in the presence of compelling evidence.
Also speaking on the show, an executive director at the Environmental Advocacy Group, Elizabeth Vaah said “crime has no expiry date.”
She explained that perpetrators from the past who belong to the two major political parties must face prosecution.
She joins some individuals who have doubts about the capability of the current system to ensure that the ‘criminals’ are brought to justice.
Madam Vaah is of the view that the current institutions cannot probe issues of illegal mining as needed, adding that the evidence would end up hidden from the public.
As an alternative solution, the expert is calling for an international court hearing where none of the parties involved would have any influence on the results.
“All those criminals – crime has no expiry date. I don’t trust the set-up we have right now because they won’t do much. If we need to go to the international court – I don’t know where we can go but we need to line up all these criminals and make sure that they face justice,” she said.
Meanwhile, Madam Vaah has called on Ghanaians to work together in fighting the canker.
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