The former chairman of the defunct Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has defended his report submitted to President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with UTV, the former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology said he stands by everything in the controversial report on illegal mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Frimpong-Boateng on April 20 caused a stir when a report he authored on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, was leaked to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the persons mentioned in the report were a leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Director of Communications at the Presidency, Lord Commey, Information Minister, Oppong Nkrumah, and a host of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the persons mentioned have denied the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But speaking on the report for the first time, the renowned Heart Surgeon said he had to be brutally honest with the President in his report. Professor Frimpong-Boateng also denied leaking the report to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, the report was handed over to personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department during investigations on some missing excavators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t write the report for Ghanaians to talk about it. It has been two years since the report was authored. I didn\u2019t leak it. After I was granted an interview with GTV, some CID officials visited me to investigate some comments I made in the interview concerning some excavators. I then handed over the report to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am not saying the CID officials leaked the report but I gave them the report to aid with their investigations and that was the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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