The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate alleged acts of thievery and corruption hindering the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
The public accountability civil advocacy group, invoking Act 959 of the Special Prosecutor Act, alleged that an audio circulating on social media and purported to be a conversation between Environment, Science and Technology Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng and the suspended Central Regional Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Ekow Ewusi, is enough evidence of the alleged corrupt acts ridiculing the fight.
“These latest revelations of corruption in the fight against galamsey show that the whole fight against illegal mining is a sham and a plot to get licensed small scale miners out of business so that some elements in government can take over small scale mining in the country,” the statement, signed by the Executive Director for ASEPA, Mensah Thompson noted.
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