Politics of Saturday, 24 October 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comIt's an embarrassment - Deputy Minister fires Mahama for 'jailed illegal miners' promiseDeputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-BioDeputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio has described as embarrassing, a promise by former President John Dramani Mahama to grant amnesty to all jailed illegal miners if he is re-elected. He is promising something that he cannot do…”The Deputy Minister insisted that contrary to what John Mahama has made his party fanatics believe, no Ghanaian illegal miner has been jailed by the ruling NPP government. Former president John Dramani Mahama during a campaign tour in the Mpohor Constituency in Western Region, October 22, 2020 said “…That Chinese galamsey queen was arrested but left to go free. He has therefore, challenged John Mahama to come out with specific figures of the number of Ghanaian illegal miners who he claims have been incarcerated. “…He should tell us how many people have been put behind bars…Even when we increased the punitive measures, no one was jailed.

Source: GhanaWeb October 24, 2020 14:37 UTC