Tag: John Peter Amewu

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and the Interior will be holding an emergency meeting today, May 24, to discuss ...

We’ll Investigate Soldiers Protecting ‘galamseyers’ – Nitiwul

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The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations ...

Minister Causes Arrest of Galamseyer In Ashanti Region

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The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has arrested a galamseyer who was spotted with several others illegally mining at ...

‘Illegal Miners’ Accuse Leaders of Taking Bribe To Call Off Demo

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Members of Ghana National Association of Small Miners (GNASSM) have accused their leadership of taking bribes from the government to ...

I Didn’t Sanction Military Protection For Miners – Kumbour

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Former Defense Minister Dr. Benjamin Kumbour has rubbished claims by the MP for Manso Adubia that he approved military protection ...

Soldiers Allegedly Protecting ‘galamseyers’ Won’t Be Spared – Nitiwul

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The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff to launch an immediate investigation into alleged reports ...

‘Lone Ranger’ Amewu Can’t Fight Galamsey – James Agalga

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A former deputy Interior Minister has said the fight against illegal mining known as galamsey will be successful if all ...

Kumbuor Approved Military Protection For Ukraine, Russia Galamseyers – MP

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The Russia and Ukraine nationals arrested Monday for engaging in illegal mining officially requested for military protection under the Mahama ...

There’re No ‘galamsey Soldiers’

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Deputy Minister of Defence Major Derek Oduro (rtd) has debunked allegations of military men protecting illegal miners (galamseyers), insisting that ...

No Soldiers Deployed To Protect Galamseyers – Derrick Oduro

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The Deputy Defence Minister, Derrick Oduro has emphatically told Citi News that the Ghana Armed Forces has not deployed any ...

Military, Police Protecting Illegal Miners – Amewu Reveals

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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that one of the impediments confronting the fight ...

Russian Galamseyers Sought Protection From Kumbour – MP

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The foreigners who were arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities on Monday applied for protection under the former Minister ...

Asantehene Applauds Government For Fight Against Galamsey

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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey), that ...

Detained Russians, Ukrainians To Be Sent To Accra

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The two Russians and their two counterparts from Ukraine who were detained at the Kumasi Central Police station on Monday ...

Russians, Ukrainians Detained Over Illegal Mining [Photos]

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The two Russians and Two Ukrainians who were arrested on Monday in Ghana for engaging in illegal mining spent the ...

Punish Soldiers Shielding Galamseyers – Ken Ashigbey

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The chairman of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Ken Ashigbey has charged the hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces to ...

Soldiers Protecting Galamsey Operators – Amewu

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The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has accused sections of the Ghana Armed Forces High command of ...

Illegal Miners Smuggled $7bn Worth of Gold

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More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, ...

Some Akufo-Addo Appointees ‘corrupt’

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There are some corrupt appointees in the Nana Akufo-Addo government, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Prof ...

Small-Scale Miners Postpone ‘All Die Be Die’ Demo Against Gov’t

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