A former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry under the past Mahama led government, Murtala Mohammed is calling on the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu to resign from his position.
He claims the Minister has shown some level of ‘incompetency’ with the handling of Exton Cubic Group saga over the weeks.
According to him, Mr. John Peter Amewu’s posture on the issue is “embarrassing this government” and therefore must relinquish his office for a proficient person to take over.
In a new twist the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has affirmed invalid and of no effect, a mining lease granted Exton Cubic Group Limited at Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region.
Earlier, he approved of the exploration and urged his colleague, the Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah, who had ordered for the seizure of Exton Cubic’s equipment to release them to the company.
After consulting with the Attorney General, the Lands and Natural Resources Minister on Monday September 4, made a shocking volte-face - and in a media briefing described the mining contract issued to Exton Cubic Group as invalid.
“The failure to obtain environmental and operational permits, as well as the various statutory infractions, leading to the purported grant of the three mining leases to the company renders the purported leases invalid and of no effect.
“In the circumstance and in accordance with Section 87 of Act 703, the three mining leases are hereby revoked,” Mr Amewu said at a press conference in Accra.
But Murtala Mohammed on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ described the whole saga as “shameless” and questioned the Minister’s credibility.
“What is he talking about? It’s so embarrassing and shameful,” he said.
The former Member of Parliament for the Nantong constituency in the Northern Region however noted that “do you know we are likely to pay judgment debt? I have listened to Exton Cubic and they have petitioned the Attorney General.”
“So what NPP is doing, must we pay them back when we come to power? We don’t build a nation that way. We don’t treat business people that way. This entire government is in a mess,” he told sit-in host Mark Jerry.
Exton Cubic Group has challenged Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu’s decision to revoke its mining leases Monday.
Communications Director for the company, Samuel Gyamfi said the Lands Minister has no basis to do what he did, as such the company will take steps for legal redress.
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Murtala what sensible contract did your government sign apart from chop chop contracts? Even SSNIT you need expert advice to speak on bunch of sense1ess ***barred word***.
This baby with SHARP TEETH says what? Does he consider himself too as an opinion leader? His own people rejected him in the last elections.
Look at someone talking. This arrogant braggart has the nerve and effrontery to call for someones resignation. How many incompetent ministers and the ogboo Mahama Ford resign during their 8 years of misrule. Everything NDC touched collapsed. I vomit when I hear people like Murtala speak.
Why dont you advice IB Mahama to get part of the lime concession at buipe to produce cement to help the poor build houses and also compete with Dangote and Gacem instead of mining in the buaxite and send it to overseas. NDC can you advice
EXTON CAN'T ***barred word*** ALL GHANAIANS Bauxite is the only asset Ghana has at the moment Our oil has been sold in advance and the money used without proper planning. Our gold is being mined by foreign companies and only little is left for Ghana. If we don’t plan properly with the bauxite resources Ghana will be doomed forever. We can’t allow a Ghanaian company to ***barred word*** all of us. The company wants to do prospecting and later sell to Chinese company and take their biggest share. This is what dubious companies are doing now.
I always feel like coming out when I hear this arrogant fuooooll talking.. gosh
what government has done to Exton Cubic Group is very good you scratch my I scratch your back. NDC and Alhaji newspaper should asked themselves what happened to Balkan Energy Ghana working on OSAGEFO POWER BARGE and EO group. I want peacefm to do documentary report on OSAGYEFO POWER BARGE AT EFASU near Half Asini
NDC in opposition have become masters in two things-always calling press conferences and asking ministers/dep. ministers to resign. Even in opposition they're incompetent. Aaaba.
Go f*ck yourself murtala. Eeeediot! Shove your unwanted st*pid thing u call opinion where the sun don't shine. U, fuseini ayariga, haruna and the likes represent everything fundamentally WRONG in politics and in society. I hope all of you guys lose your f*cking seats. We need serious and mentally sound people in parliament. Moronic and eeeediotic behaviour like yours murtala, is what gives the rest of the northerners a very bad name. Sia like that. Wo ho ebufuo
A thieff wanting an attention