{"id":447465,"date":"2017-12-15T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-did-not-say-operation-vanguard-members-take-bribe-eastern-regional-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:43:19","slug":"i-did-not-say-operation-vanguard-members-take-bribe-eastern-regional-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-did-not-say-operation-vanguard-members-take-bribe-eastern-regional-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"I did not say Operation Vanguard members take bribe \u2013 Eastern Regional Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 15 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/44159942.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Eric DarfourEastern Regional Minister 750x430\" title=\"Mr Eric DarfourEastern Regional Minister 750x430\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Eric Kwakye Darfour, Eastern Regional Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513356199_165_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has refuted allegations making rounds that has accused members of  Operation Vanguard of resorting to bribe collecting from illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>Some online portals reported that according to the minister, the country&#8217;s fight against illegal mining may be compromised because some youth are bribing members of the Operation Vanguard team in the region.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking to Kaakyire Ofori Ayim on Atinka AM Drive, Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour explained that he has been misrepresented.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was speaking at a budget dissemination forum in Anyinam in the Eastern Region when a resident asked why the government had not made budget allocation for the Operation Vanguard since illegal mining is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>In answering the question, the minister explained that  there were only 120 operation vanguard team members in the vicinity. He added that although there were  doing their best, he had received  reports that some people were trying to compromise the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI then pleaded with the chiefs who are custodians of the land to ensure that persons who try to compromise the work of the operation vanguard are punished. 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