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General News on Friday, April 26, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-04-26
play the videoKenneth Ashigbey, member of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining
The Media Coalition Against Illegal Mineral Exploitation wants the government to explain the factors behind the expulsion of the Chinese national to the heart of illegal mining in Ghana, Aisha Huang.
Nicknamed the "Queen of Galamsey", Aisha, who was brought before Ghana in 2017 for participating in an illegal mining operation in Bepotenten, in the central district of Amansie, in the Ashanti region, then deported by the government in December 2018.
The state attorneys put an end to his lawsuits when they filed a report in order to close the case.
At a public meeting abroad, he discussed the problem of illegal mining by Chinese nationals and explained why Aisha Huang, who had been arrested in Ghana with four other Chinese for offenses of this type had been left behind and deported. Yaw Osafo-Maafo said, "Put this woman [Aisha Huang ] in prison in Ghana will not solve your economic problems. It's not going to make us happy or make me happy, it's not important.
"We have very good relations with China. Today, the main company contributing to the development of the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese company. It is the one that will help us deal with our bauxite and provide us with about $ 2 billion. "
"So, when there are such arrangements, there are other things behind the scenes." Putting this lady (Aisha) in jail in Ghana is not going to solve your economic problems. to make happy or make me happy, it is not important, the most important thing is that she was deported from Ghana … "
"… I say that there are many other things besides what we see in these cases and everyone is awake, the most important is that we have forbidden it, that we have established regulations and that we protect our environment, much more important than a Chinese woman who has been expelled from the country ".
The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), condemned Mr Osafo-Maafo's comment and called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fire him.
At a press conference held in Accra on Thursday, April 25, 2019, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kweku Asomah-Cheremeh, said that the interruption of the case in question n & # 39; It had nothing to do with the government's request to make a $ 2 billion deal with Synohydro to the Chinese. government.
He noted that Aisha Huang was only one of many foreigners deported from the country as part of the fight against illegal mining.
However, addressing Valentina Ofori-Afriyie at 505 on Clbad91.FM, head of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Kenneth Ashigbey called on the government to better explain why he would not sue the Queen of Galamsey .
He said: "In the hierarchy of governing bodies, the Prime Minister will certainly rank higher than the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. It has therefore been beneficial for the Minister of Lands to really deal with what he said and said. state what is the position of the government on the statement that the Prime Minister said and that it was not enough to leave unanswered.
"So, to justify and say that it is not only Aisha Huang who has been deported does not even correct the challenge we have of not punishing the aliens involved, while Ghanaians still die in prison for the same crime. . So that does not really solve the problem and we really have to deal with everything that affects this fight. One of the challenges has been the justice system that even His Excellency the President has had the opportunity to complain about. "
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