General News of Thursday, 22 October 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.com214 seized excavators cannot be accounted for by Lands MinistryKwaku Asomah Cheremeh, Minister for Lands and Natural ResourcesKwaku Asomah Cheremeh, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has said that the Ministry has currently 157 seized excavators in its possession. "The Ministry has toured a number of locations to take inventory of this equipment, especially excavators. Asomah Cheremeh reckoned that additionally, documents received from “Operation Vanguard” and “Galamstop” indicate a number of seized excavators as follows: Operation Vanguard presented 290 seized excavators to the Ministry whilst Galamstop accounted for 81 seized excavators.”Asomah Cheremeh further noted: “My Ministry is working to reconcile these figures which were hitherto given by Operation Vanguard and Galamastop, and develop a database to assist in managing this equipment. BackgroundProf. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, in January disclosed that some excavators seized from illegal miners by the Operation Vanguard and Galamstop teams had vanished. Ekow Ewusi’s role was to transport excavators and other vehicles and pieces of equipment seized by Operation Vanguard to designated areas for safekeeping.

Source: GhanaWeb October 22, 2020 06:11 UTC