{"id":608223,"date":"2019-04-17T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>gbcghanaonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-17\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/7"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:19:58","slug":"inter-ministerial-cttee-on-illegal-mining-working-outside-powers-kwabena-donkor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/17\/inter-ministerial-cttee-on-illegal-mining-working-outside-powers-kwabena-donkor\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter-ministerial C\u2019ttee on illegal mining working outside powers \u2013 Kwabena Donkor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>gbcghanaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/77020418.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwabena Donkor1\" title=\"Kwabena Donkor1\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor wants the government to without delay redefine the role of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the operations of the committee which have no legal backing is conflicting with that of mandated state agencies like the Minerals Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining was set up to oversee the implementation of the ban on all forms of small scale mining and also see to the vetting of small scale miners.<\/p>\n<p>The secretariat has also been hit by alleged bribery and corruption in Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 expose on illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the partial lifting of the ban on GTV, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, who is a Member of Parliament\u2019s Energy and Mine\u2019s Committee, questioned the legal basis for the Inter-Ministerial committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining was commissioned in March 2017 by President Akufo-Addo to sanitize artisanal and small-scale mining in the country as well as develop a roadmap towards lifting an indefinite ban on small scale mining that lasted for about 21 months.<\/p>\n<p>It was set up to vet registered small scale miners in the country to streamline their operations and make recommendations to the President to lift the ban on illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>Following the widespread devastation of water resources and forest reserves as a result of the activities of illegal mining, the government in January 2017 placed a ban on small-scale mining for six months.<\/p>\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 Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Source: gbcghanaonline.com 2019-04-17 Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor wants the government to without delay redefine the role of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining. According to him, the operations of the committee which have no legal backing is conflicting with that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inter-ministerial C\u2019ttee on illegal mining working outside powers \u2013 Kwabena Donkor - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/17\/inter-ministerial-cttee-on-illegal-mining-working-outside-powers-kwabena-donkor\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Inter-ministerial C\u2019ttee on illegal mining working outside powers \u2013 Kwabena Donkor - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Source: gbcghanaonline.com 2019-04-17 Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor wants the government to without delay redefine the role of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining. 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