Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah says he is only aware of three mining companies with permit to engage in mining in the Ashanti Region after government banned mining activities in the country in order to flash out illegal miners.
According to him, his decision to seize those mining equipment of Exton Cubic Group Limited is based on the fact that Akufo-Addo’s government has issued total ban on mining except three companies of which Exton Cubic Group Limited is not part in his region.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Simon Osei-Mensah insisted that the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu should have informed him of any changes in the earlier agreement to allow only three mining companies to operate in the Ashanti Region.
“The meeting we had concluded that only three mining companies are legally allowed to continue with mining in Ashanti Region, and with the three, Exton Cubic Group Limited is not part of the companies. So if maybe there is change, they should have informed me in the first place; they didn’t inform me so I have requested for the documents from the Minister,” he indicated.
He named the three companies as Anglogold Ashanti in Obuasi, Owere Mines in Konongo and Asanko Gold Mine located at Manso-Nkran in Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region.
He said among these three it is only Asanko Gold that is actively mining now as the other two have all suspended their mining activities at the moment.
He maintained that even though he has spoken with the Lands and Natural Resources Minister concerning the seizure of the equipment, he is neither aware of any documents and bauxite mining activities in the region.
“Nobody has called me to arrange any meeting, but I am expecting the documents from the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources. Even if the company brings their documents concerning the bauxite, I will not allow them to go until the sector Minister brings documents to confirm; I don’t deal with the company directly but deal with government structures,” he averred.
He stressed that “I am expecting several documents; I am expecting the mining permit and if it is prospecting, then I am expecting the digging license as well. They should bring them and we will allow them to go . . . all I know is that there is a ban on mining . . . "
“I am only implementing government policy on total ban on mining and to assist my people to make sure that the laws of the land will work”, adding that until his request from the Minister are met, he will not allow the equipment to be moved to the forest.
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Mr competent minister, more blessing to ur elbow ooo
herh eddie, if there are substandard people in this world then is u and ur family, better o and get brains before u open ur mouth here. sake of politics u dont see good things in ur opponents, immatured being, he is an oldman but has reached where non of ur family member reached and neither will ur unborn generations reach weither. @Aba, a moron* like u got the gust to call this man a moron* the man u wished was like that ur dad who couldnt pay for ur school fees to talk of feeding u 3times a day. You are roaming from door to door as a marketer for a susu company and yet u got the nerve to say common mininster. You wish to be his house girl but he need people with high IQ to work with and not low people like u. Better grow up in ur comments next time
Simon Osei Mensah for this singular act posterity will bless you and your entire generation unborn. Thank you for upholding the tenets of truth, thank you for speaking for the voiceless and thank you for calling the bluff of the greedy thieffff..thank you once more. As for Amewu and Sir John, bow your heads in shame
SQUARE HEAD ;you should be ASHAMED OF YOUR SELF AND YOUR DIRTY FACE AND MOUTH ; did you have a wash this morning and did you look in the mirror this morning ; LOOK AT YOU !!!!!!AN NDC IDIOTIC DONKEY !!!!!; how can you say a common regional minister ; are you not aware that the regional minister has the same powers with a minister of state besides the regional minister in the Ashanti region have even more powers and can challenge anything a minster does in the Ashanti region ; Minister Osei Mensah is not a King Kong ; he is just applying the rules because Ghana cannot have it both ways ; we either apply the rules or we all sink into a banana state besides Osei -Mensah is not an educated illiterate like these NDC fulls will challenge anything because he is reowned lawyer in Kumasi ; you do not mess with this lawyer Osei-Mensah ; he knows the law and rules and knows I Ibrahim Mahama and his family are KROOKS and have bought their way by not applying the rules ; this is Nana Addo's Ghana where the rules apply not not Jon Mahama NDC Ghana where the rules were thrown to the back seat to make the Mahama family rich ; Cubic Group is owned by the same Ibrahim Mahama and family ; again E&P is owned by Ibrahim Mahama and family and the same family ends up getting 58% exploiting our forest Bauxite a preserved forest by the UN ; WHAT KIND OF GREEDY FAMILY IS THIS !!!!!1; CHECK YOUR SELF IN THE MIRROR BEFORE YOU COMMENT !!!!!!!!!; GHANAIANS ARE NOT FULLS ANYMORE !!!!
IF GHANA HAS SUCH MEN AS MINISTERS THEN WE WILL GO A LONG WAY.NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAWS OF GHANA AND MAHAMA AND HIS FAMILY ARE EQUALLY NOT ABOVE THE LAW.ITS VERY SIMPLE THE MINISTER WANTS DOCUMENTATION AUTHORISING MAHAMA TO OPERATE IN THE AREA .TS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. IF MAHAMA PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS PERMITTTING HIM TO OPERATE THE MINISTER WILL ALLOW HIM TO START TOMORROW SIMPLE.
Thank you Mr. minister, you are the kind of minister Ghana needs, never ever release the seized equipments,Ibrahim can go and burn the sea.
Congrats Mr Minister, you are doing the work well. The hypocrite natural resources minister is shooting his own people claiming they are destroying the forest and rivers, and you turn back and give license to Mahama to go and mine the forest at Nyinahini. Hypocrite, if a large scale company destroy the forest, is it not worse than an local ghanaian who is digging with pick ***barred word*** and shovel.
This is what happens if you make a moron a minister. He thinks he is king Kong because he has been made a common regional minister. Even Ashanti here has not showed such arrogance. Look at his moronic face.
Go Minister! Go Minister!! Go Minister!!! Whether they have license or not do not allow them. Why didn't he mined during NDC time. Me tu kye ma wo.
look at this ***barred word*** old man.no wonder that is why all of you have back ward thinkers substandard people.