Corruption in mining
In 2017, government, led by President Nana Akufo Addo, took pragmatic steps to clean the mining sector. It established the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). Its mandate is to sanitize and curb illegal mining activities in mining communities across the country.
The committee has undertaken a lot of sensitization activities in various mining communities on the impact of illegal mining. After a year of comprehensive work, the Committee completed the roadmap that will regulate the activities of the small scale miners and guide their operation. Small scale and artisanal miners would have to follow due process before engaging in any mining activity. Despite these efforts, there’ve been allegations of ongoing corruption in the process.
Based on this, I led my team at Tiger Eye to verify the truthfulness or otherwise of these allegations. After one full month of work, we found security officials and responsible members of the IMCIM flouting due process and engaging in corrupt activities for selfish gain. Here are our findings.
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Unsolved cases
We named them. Now we need to join efforts in asking for action.
Connection Man
Andy Owusu
Action Required
Policeman and National Security Personnel for IMCIM
Baffour
Action Required
Military and National Security Personnel for IMCIM
Bimpong
Action Required
Secretary to the IMCIM
Charles Bissue
Action Required
Receptionist at the IMCIM
Jimmy
Action Required
Policeman, Jubilee House Security and IMCIM Task Force Personnel
Kennedy Frimpong
Action Required
Policeman, Jubilee House Security and IMCIM Task Force Personnel
Annor
Action Required
Leader of the IMCIM Task Force in Central Region, Chairman for the District Mining Committee in Obuasi
Kobby
Action Required
National Security and Inter-Ministerial Task Force at the IMCIM
School Boy
Action Required
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We are all equal before the law hence if these officials have broken the law then they need to face the law
Justice must prevail
Great course