Missing excavators: No one will be shielded – Akufo Addo

 
President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo Addo says he will not shield any person found culpable in the missing excavator saga.
Vehicles and mining machinery including excavators, which were seized by Operation Vanguard Task-force disappeared. This was revealed by the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and Chairperson for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng when he made an official complaint to the police for investigation.
Some owners of these vehicles tracked the excavators and other vehicles to Navrongo, Beposo, Tarkwa Nsuaem and Tema with the help of tracking devices they had installed on the vehicles.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament at the fourth State of the Nation Address, President Akufo Addo noted that if evidence of corruption is found, no one will be spared regardless of their position or political affiliation.
He added that although the erstwhile Mahama administration gave up on the galamsey fight, the New Patriotic Party deemed the situation was intolerable and worked towards its minimization.
“When we came into office, galamsey activities were rampant across the country. The previous NDC government had given up the fight. We deemed, however, that the situation was intolerable. If evidence of corruption is found, no one will be spared regardless of their position or political affiliation. No one involved in galamsey will be spared, no matter their position or political colours.” He said.
According to the President, the threat posed to the future of our country by galamsey is grave and the NPP will not shirk its responsibility on the menace.
 
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