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Ghana Trends Blog of Friday, 21 April 2023

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Frimpong Boateng Lie,I Don't Own Any Mining Concession - Former Manso Nkwanta MP

In a bombshell report by the former Minister, Mr Quarm is accused of using his position as a member of the Minerals Commission to acquire several dozens of large-scale concessions in his district, ostensibly for community mining purposes.

The report adds that the MP “ended up selling these concessions to private individuals, including party members for two hundred thousand Cedis per concession.

To me, once he has not accepted that the report is from him, I can’t say much but if the report is from him, then for a mining concession, there must be documents covering it bearing my name.

I will advise that your station should request from him all documents bearing my name”.

If he confirms that it is from him, I will let my lawyers write to him to demand retraction and apology, and I will advise myself,” Mr Quarm said.

I can state without any equivocation that many party officials from the National to the unit committee level had their friends, PAs, agents, relatives, financiers or relatives engaged in illegal mining.

There are appointees in the Jubilee House that are doing or supporting illegal mining or interfering with the fight against the menace,” Prof