The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has confident the general public and civil society that each one folks observed culpable withinside the file at the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) will have “vital motion” taken towards them.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on Tuesday, May 2 broke silence at the file authored on Friday, March 19, 2021 through Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, who chaired the Committee.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng referred to authorities officers for complicity withinside the mass degradation of the country`s wooded area cowl thru unlawful mining.
Among the ones he referred to in his file changed into the deceased Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Osei Afriyie, popuarly referred to as Sir John, who changed into stated to have owned a Chinese gang mining in wooded area reserves.
Calls have been made for the Special Prosecutor to provoke investigations, in particular at the folks which includes contemporary authorities officers referred to withinside the file.
“The OSP welcomes the requires motion and investigations and it assures the general public and civil society that its research is ongoing and far-attaining and it additionally covers the topics raised withinside the file posted through the pinnacle of the dissolved IMCIM,” Mr Agyebeng said in a press launch to present an replace on unlawful mining instances his workplace is pursuing.
“The OSP will take vital motion towards all folks deemed culpable of corruption and corruption-associated offences withinside the mining sector.”
He cited an October, 2022 press launch, which introduced the Office`s preliminary steps to probe suspected corruption and corruption-associated offences withinside the unlawful mining sector.
It, therefore, recounted the requires motion made on the problem following the ebook of the Frimpong-Boateng file.
