General News of Wednesday, 5 February 2020Source: peacefmonline.comMissing excavators: Perpetrators to be prosecuted, no one will be spared - GovernmentNational Communications Director for NPP, Yaw Buabeng AsamoahNational Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, strongly believes anyone found to have been culpable in the missing excavators saga will face the full rigours of the law. According to him, government's commitment to the fight against corruption remains unabated, therefore acts that undermine the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, will certainly not be condoned. Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and also Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), disclosed recently that most of the excavators that were seized from illegal miners had vanished. "The NPP Government took steps to end illegal mining and that fight so far has been progressive so this issue of missing excavators will be investigated thoroughly . This should tell you that anyone involved in this act will not be spared," he said.

Source: GhanaWeb February 05, 2020 15:22 UTC