The Chief Executive (CEO) of the Forestry Commission (FC), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has admonished the generality of the Ghanaian people to be each other’s keeper even as the country marks death and resurrection of Jesus Christ amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. According to the former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has assured the 60,000 beneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation Program whose 4 months allowances have not been paid that they will receive payment in two (2) weeks According to him, the Chief of Staff, Madam Frema Opare has instructed the Ministry of Finance […]
The inter-ministerial committee on small scale mining has disclosed the disappearance of some 900 small scale mining licenses. Secretary to the Committee, Charles Bissue says the total number small scale mining licenses in the books totals 1,350, adding that the committee that is currently vetting the small scale mining licenses have been able to access […]
Contrary to popular belief that Ghana’s illegal mining debacle is being predominantly perpetrated by Chinese nationals, it has emerged that Citizens of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast are also deeply involved in the practice known in local parlance as galamsey. Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, Charles Bissue has revealed that some […]
Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining Charles Bissue has indicated that the committee has been forced to run a shift system of day and night as a result of the enormous pressure that has been exerted on them as they begin the vetting of licenses of small scale miners in the country. According […]
