Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, the presidential staffer and secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) has stepped aside following his alleged engagement in some corrupt dealings in the latest expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
In a documentary released by Anas, Mr. Bissue is captured accepting money ostensibly to facilitate clearance for a mining company without going through due process.
Several others connected to the work of the committee, otherwise known as the Presidential Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, are seen in the video playing “facilitating” roles at negotiated fees.
In a statement on Friday evening Charles Bissue said: “I have taken notice of the contents of the latest documentary by Tiger Eye PI titled ‘Galamsey Fraud’, I would like to state at the very outset that I am innocent of the allegations leveled against me in the documentary, as I was not and have been engaged in any acts of corruption, criminality or misconduct.
However, in the interest of transparency and accountability, and so as not to compromise the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), I have informed the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Chairperson of the IMCIM, of my decision to step aside from my position as Secretary to the Committee, pending an investigation into the allegations.
”I call for such an investigation, and I am prepared to avail myself, at all times, to the process. I am confident that, at the end of it all, I will be exonerated, and my good name will be preserved”
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