A member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Solomon Owusu has slammed the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Abu Jinapor for hastily jumping to the defence of his deputy who has been accused of engaging in illegal mining also known as galamsey.
The Deputy Minister, George Mireku Duker who is also the MP for Tarkwa-Nsuaem together with the MCE for the area, Benjamin Kesse and the Western Regional Minister have all been alleged to be involved in galamsey activities.
Nathaniel Dekyi who claims to be the Chief of Dompim Pepesa made the allegation against the trio. The MCE and Mr. Mireku Duker have however denied these allegations and urged the public to disregard same.
Samuel Abu Jinapor in an interview with the media on Tuesday after court proceedings on Aisha Huang’s case said he is confident in his Deputy (Mireku Duker) and believes he is innocent of the accusation against him.
“I have full confidence in the Minister in my ministry and I do not think he will ever be involved in any such conduct and its early days yet,” he said.
While the Lands Minister believes investigations must be conducted into the allegations, he noted that he is in no position to make such a decision.
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