By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Police to commence investigations into allegations made by the former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, to the effect that some top government officials were engaged in illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey.
In making the allegation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng further said that some persons in government orchestrated his exit following his fight against the illicit small-scale mining trade, just to be able to go on with the illegal practice.
Speaking in an interview with Gifty Adjei on GTV’s “Legends of Our Time”, he said, “there was an orchestrated scheme, even within the party and government, to get me out. Why is it that when I left, everyone is in the forest?
“I don’t want to go into details now because I have a lot to say on that. Let me tell you that I did not take one excavator for anything; they know the truth. Now things are coming up, we know those who are behind it, the party people who are there, and the people in government, including Jubilee House, who are doing galamsey and so on, even now. So let Frimpong Boateng stay in his corner and enjoy his retirement,” he said when asked for his answer on the whereabouts of the 500 excavators that were reportedly missing.
The information available indicates that the police have dispatched a letter to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng to assist them in their investigations.