Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has enumerated the cost he incurred in producing the latest exposé on galamsey, including the amounts paid to Presidential Staffer Charles Cromwell Bissue.
In an article, Anas alleged that a total of GH¢5,000 was paid to Mr. Bissue, who has since stepped aside as Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).
According to Anas in the article, “We found Mr. Bissue abusing his office, breaching his fiduciary duties, engaging in bribery and corruption. These were uncovered by way of hard facts, captured on audio/visual recording, and electronic correspondence.”
He said, “Mr. Andy Owusu, a link man for Mr. Bissue charged us fifty thousand cedis (GH¢ 50,000.00) to get us through to him. We negotiated for forty thousand Cedis (GH¢40,000.00) and he accepted it. Out of this amount he accepted part payment of fifteen thousand cedis (15,000.00). Mr Andy Owusu was also the one who told us how much Mr. Bissue was ready to accept to fast track the process for us. Mr Andy Owusu also linked us to “schoolboy” a national security operative for our safety at the illegal mining site.”
According to him, “My outfit, ORR Resource Enterprise, presented itself as a small scale mining company, whose license to mine had expired. In spite of this expiration, we still wanted to mine. We were prepared to go by the government’s directive to be vetted and verified by the IMCIM.”
He added that “under the road map for the lifting of the ban on artisanal and small scale mining and the way forward prepared by the IMCIM and published in August 2018, it was agreed that miners can go back to mine when the ban was lifted only after meeting the following requirements.”
He said, “Inspection of documents-mining licenses, environmental and operating permits, Tax Identification Number (TIN), and company registration details.
*Advertisement of vetting exercise, including informing Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM); Field Mapping and Verification of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Concessions; includes, mapping of boundaries of companies using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and drone technology to verify the existence and accuracy and location of each concession using GhanaPostGPS digital address system; identification cards to be issued to successful y vetted small scale mining companies; Signpost to be erected at the concessions of the successfully vetted companies.”
He continued that “contrary to the verification and vetting procedure as listed in paragraph 2.4 above, Mr. Bissue circumvented some of the procedures for ORR Resources Enterprise for a fee.”
The investigative journalist said, “We did not go through any vetting procedure. We did not go through the Minerals Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Water Resources Commission (WRC) and Forestry Commission. Mr Bissue took care of all of that for ORR.”
He alleged that “we have paid Mr. Bissue a total of thirty-five thousand cedis (GH¢35,000.00)in cash. Our first payment of fifteen thousand cedis (GH¢15,000.00) was made on 22nd January, 2019, through Mr Andy Owusu IMCIM near Jubilee House.”
“He made a second payment of ten thousand cedis (GH¢10,000.00) on 30th of January, 2019 at the same place. The last payment was on 8th of February 2019. We paid Mr Bissue ten thousand cedis (GH¢ 10,000.00).”
“Officials of IMCIM did not verify our concession document and did not make any demand for a power of attorney in the absence of the bona fide owner of the concession,” the article revealed.
He added that “we are of the considered opinion that the neglect and or failure to make a determination as to whether we were representatives of the owner was as a result of the money we paid to Mr. Bissue.”
Source: Daily Guide
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Nana Yaw do they cover their faces and do they show only their hands on TV? we need to be careful as much as most of Ghanaians want corruption to be minimized the method used by this guy is ridiculous which advanced country promote such an investigator? this guy is targeting people who are vulnerable, why is he doing this at a time Ofosu Ampofo and his ndc have hired Nigerian kidnappers to kidnap our girls and to kill their opponents when their operation is done they leave the country and no amount of investigation could identify them. The Lady who works at the Harbour and was killed after a party must be placed on the door steps of the ndc, they hired contract killers and after they bolted to their country and will make our security use*less no wonder they call the IGP a civilian! they know what they are doing but all will not work for them, John mahama will never come back to power, he will be like Atiku he will see Cannan but will never step there! ndc and their John mahama can walk to Dubai they will still lose, Ghanaians want a leader with wisdom and vision ,not a drunkard on a walk. not a lose talker, not a diarrhea mouth, not a desperate failure who want to kidnap and kill people to get power! ndc is fake, ndc is a kriminal organization! murderers, kidnappers and armed robbers. They sent their Hawks to kill the policeman at Mankraso in the Ashanti region and turned around to call the police to mention those NPP Asawase guys as those who killed the policeman which led the police to kill those innocent guys who were responsible people with their own businesses not like these use*less ndc Hawks and Snakes and hyenas and parrots and Lions and azorka boys who are lazy and unemployed and doing the ***barred word*** monkey job for john mahama and his 18 kids to enjoy while they are sent to jail 3ny3 nkwasea*sem to mess their lives like that.The President did a good thing by compensating the families of those guys. REST IN PEACE PATRIOTS!
Predee, please look for Panorama on ***barred word*** and watch some of their videos, they just don't temp, they catch people committing offences, people faint interest in whatever you are doing wrong and prepared to pay whiles undercover, the difference between what Panorama and Anas does is the state institutions in the UK takes up to prosecute after watching the videos but here in Ghana we expect Anas to take his case to court to secure judgement against those caught on camera, many are asking, who has been jailed because of Anas video? when Panorama does an undercover investigation about say Home Office, the home office takes the case up and secure judgement in the law courts but here Ghanaians are rather expecting Anas to go to court and fight those court on camera.
Can Anas’s style of Investigation be accepted by America and the western world and the answer is No.Corruption is Bad, it destroys a country but I still do not understand why Ghana Police and EOCO are still sleeping for Anas to do their work for them.Anas work is dangerous because people especially politicians can hire him to just Blackmail people.Is Anas AngeL?
I'm against corruption but to go tempting people to sin then pointing accusing fingers at them is the work of the Devil himself. Put a mechanism in place to catch wrong doers red handed. Adam and Eve were perfect but failed when tempted. Jesus the Son of God had to use the scriptures to protect himself when tempted by the Devil. Tempting sinners like me to fall is not from God and not professional.
this guy can lie, he always lie is way through but this time , will see your level. wick man