General News of Saturday, 24 October 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comIt’s unjust to jail Ghanaian illegal miners and leave foreigners – Inusah FuseiniFormer Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah FuseiniFormer Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has said the idea of jailing some Ghanaian illegal miners while foreigners engaged in similar operations are left off the hook is unfair and must be stopped. His comments come as a justification to former President John Dramani Mahama’s promise to grant amnesty to all incarcerated illegal miners under the Akufo-Akufo-led government, once elected. John Mahama while making reference to Aisha Huan, an illegal mining kingpin, in an interaction with chiefs and people of Mpohor Constituency in Western Region, October 22, 2020, made a solemn promise to free all jailed illegal miners. The government said it was fighting galamsey, and they arrested, prosecuted, and jailed Ghanaians who were engaged in that activity but left the Chinese woman. Speaking on the constitutionality of the former president’s promise, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini said it is within the president’s power to pardon persons who go contrary to the provisions of the law.

Source: GhanaWeb October 24, 2020 11:26 UTC