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Mr. Osaafo-Maafo made these comments when he addressed a recent public meeting organized by the government.
In a now viral video, it is understood to justify the decision to expel Aisha last December. She was brought to court on May 9, 2017 for taking part in an illegal mining operation in Bepotenten, in the central district of Amansie, in the Ashanti region.
Read a transcript of what Mr. Osafo Maafo said below;
"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 is this kind of arrangement, there are other things behind the scenes: Putting this woman in prison in Ghana is not going to solve your economic problems, it will not make you happy. nor 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 that everyone is awake, the most important is that we have forbidden it that we have established regulations and that we protect our environment, more important than a Chinese woman who has been expelled from the country ".
Deportation
Aisha and four other Chinese nationals arrested for their involvement in illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana were deported after the state filed a no-claims record for the trial to be suspended.
Ms Mercy Arthur, public prosecutor, presented the application for dismissal to the High Court of Accra, chaired by Judge Charles Ekow Baiden.
On the basis of this request, the court released the five accused.
She was charged with three small-scale mining business leaders, in violation of Section 99 (1) of the Mining and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703); provide mining badistance services without valid registration to the Minerals Commission, contrary to the Mining and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), and to the illegal employment of foreign nationals, in violation of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Bill 573).
The other four defendants were charged with disobedience to the directions given under the Immigration Act 2000 (Law 573).
According to the prosecution, Aisha had a mining concession in Bepotenten and also operated a mining badistance company.
The other four accused were allegedly employed by Aisha to work on the mine site.
The prosecution claimed that controls at the Minerals Board had revealed, however, that Aisha was not allowed to operate a mine or a mining support services company.
They also claimed that the visas issued to the five Chinese by the Ghana Embbady in Beijing, China, did not allow them to work in Ghana.
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