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Release
CodgaGha, April 05, 2013
ATTACK ON HANSOL MINING, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
The Alliance for Accountable Governance AFAG is calling on the
government to launch a full scale investigation into the attack
and robbery by some officials of the Ghana immigration service
(GIS), the Ghana Police Service and operatives of the National
Security at some mining sites in the Ashanti Region, which led
to the vandalization of the mine sites and the arrest of some
Chinese working on those sites.
Though we support any action to get rid of unauthorized persons
engaging in ventures that has the potential of destroying our
lands, we are appalled at the operation and we believe it’s an
attempt to ‘kill’ genuine indigenous businesses. We also
consider the attack on the mining site of Hansol Company
politically motivated without basis. This is simply due to the
persistent attacks on the mining site of Hansol Ghana ltd since
2008 and particularly under this current NDC government, more so
as the owner is seen as an NPP person. However much their
activities may not be pleasant to authorities, the reverse is
true that, they have always been able to renew their operational
permits annually by these same state agencies.
We wish to ask the following mind boggling questions;
• Who at the Ghana National Security authorized the attack on a
duly registered Ghanaian company, who has hired the services of
Chinese men with working permit from the Ghana Immigration
service?
• Who authorized the destruction of the excavators and the
seizure of 10 pick-up vehicles belonging to Hansol Mining?
• Where are the 9 Kilograms of Gold worth 500,000 dollars and
additional 200,000 dollars in cash, belonging to Hansol Mining?
• What necessitated the rid?
We are at lost, why a Ghanaian company that contributes almost
50% of export transactions by the Precious Minerals Marketing
Company Limited (PMMC) and pays required percentage to enable
the regulatory body to run their day to day activities thus
helping the Ghanaian economy, will be made to suffer this day.
AFAG per this release is therefore calling for a probe into the
national security operations that resulted in a shameful
thievery by men who are expected to be honest and responsible
enough to protect the citizenry. The security agencies must be
alarmed with this attitude and as a matter of urgency set up the
probe into that inimical operation. Be it as it may, we are
further calling on the stream lining of scale mining in Ghana
Signed:
Davis Opoku Ansah 0244861593
Arnold Boateng 0244294754
Nana Ayew Afriye (Dr.) 02
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