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The Greater Accra Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic
Congress (NDC), has called for the dismissal of Senior Minister, Mr Yaw
Osafo-Maafo following a comment he made about Chinese illegal mining
‘queen’, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha.
Aisha, who was arraigned in 2017 for
engaging in illegal small-scale mining at Bepotenten in the Amansie
Central District in the Ashanti Region was later deported in December
2018 by the government to her native home.
Commenting on the development at a recent town hall meeting organised by government abroad, Mr Osafo-Maafo said:
“We have a very good relationship with
China. Today, the main company that is helping develop the
infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese Company. It
is the one that is going to help process our bauxite and provide about
two billion dollars to us.”
“So, when there are these kinds of
arrangements, there are other things behind the scenes. Putting that
lady (Aisha) in jail in Ghana is not going to solve your economic
problems. It is not going to make you happy or me happy, that’s not
important, the most important thing is that she has been deported from
Ghana…”
“…I am saying that there are many other
things beyond what we see in these matters and everybody is wide awake,
the most important thing is that we have banned this, we have
established regulations and we are protecting our environment. That is
far more important than one Chinese woman who has been deported out of
the country”.
However, the opposition party finds the
comment unfortunate and wants Mr Osafo-Maafo punished to assure citizens
that the government is committed to fighting illegal mining in the
country.
“As a party, we find that the buck stops
with the President, we call on President Akufo-Addo to one, frontally
condemn the comments of Osafo-Maafo. Two, really set the record straight
on the fight against galamsey as regards the commitment or otherwise.
Three, immediately and now sack Osafo-Maafo. Anything short of this will
mean and only mean that, President Akufo-Addo endorses those comments
and his fight against galamsey is merely a charade,” Jerry Johnson,
Greater Accra Regional Communications Officer of the NDC said in a
statement on 20 April 2019.
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
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