{"id":465956,"date":"2018-02-20T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/i-dont-do-galamsey-kwadwo-owusu-afriyie\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:51:33","slug":"i-dont-do-galamsey-kwadwo-owusu-afriyie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/i-dont-do-galamsey-kwadwo-owusu-afriyie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t do galamsey\u2019 &#8211; Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/66416584.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sir John Jd\" title=\"Sir John Jd\" width=\"295\" height=\"159\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, Chief Executive Officer for the Forestry Commission<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519138293_142_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has vehemently debunked reports that he has ventured into illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>The popular politician emphatically denied the reports and entreated the public to disregard them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a forthright person so there is no way that I would stoop low by engaging in illegal mining to destroy the environment, according to him.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of the Forestry Commission, who is popularly known as \u2018Sir John,\u2019 said his outfit has the mandate to protect the forest.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that it would be wrong on his part to ignore his core mandate and engage in illegal mining activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office don\u2019t have the power or the right to issue licence or give permit to anybody to mine for gold anywhere in the country so take note,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sir John said some residents of Koboro in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region had labeled him an illegal miner, which is total false.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Forestry Commission has engaged a certain company to cover \u2018galamsey\u2019 pits in the Apamprama Forest at Koboro.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the move is geared towards reclaiming the land to protect the forest and also prevent people from falling into mining pits.<\/p>\n<p>Sir John said, \u201cSadly, because the company is using excavators to cover the dangerous pits, the people of Koboro misconstrued the exercise to be illegal mining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the chiefs and people of Koboro during a community durbar, the Forestry Commission CEO said those spreading the rumours ought to stop.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the Forestry Commission, under his leadership, would not allow anybody to mine gold or rampantly cut trees in the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Sir John also warned the people of Koboro not to interfere in the work of the company that has been hired to cover the dangerous pits.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 2 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2018-02-20 Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, Chief Executive Officer for the Forestry Commission The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has vehemently debunked reports that he has ventured into illegal mining. 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