General News of Thursday, 6 February 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comRevealed: NPP ‘big men’ involved in galamsey to support the partyplay videoProfessor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister, Environment, Science and TechnologyIt has emerged that government's quest to fight the galamsey menace is gradually becoming difficult as some ‘big men’ from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are involved in destroying the natural environment all in the name of finding gold. This revelation happens to be in a video circulating on social media, days after some 500 excavators seized by Operation Vanguard team have been reported missing. Prof. Frimpong-Boateng is heard allegedly agreeing to their request and gave his party folks the green light to engage in galamsey. The heated exchange got Prof Frimpong-Boateng angry and he asked Ekow Ewusi to walk out from his office. The cardiothoracic surgeon is also the Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).

Source: GhanaWeb February 06, 2020 05:36 UTC