Corruption Continua: NPP Govt Blows Ghc10million On “Galamsey Dialogue”

The Akufo-Addo government has spent a whopping Ghc 10 Million on a series of so-called “consultative dialogues” that it held over the problem of illegal mining in the country, states the Deputy Ranking Member on the Lands Committee, Hon. Alhassan Saibu Siuhiyini.

According to Hon. Suhiyini, the MP for Tamale North who was speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, the Ministry organised a National Consultative Dialogue in Accra, Tamale and Kumasi on small-scale mining to solicit views, proposals and suggestions on how to deal with the threat of ‘galamsey’ in the country.

And on these dialogues to fish for suggestions as to how to fight galamsey, the government spent an amount of GHC2,140,000 on the national consultative dialogue in Accra, another GHC 3.7 million on the dialogue held in the Northern and middle belt and another GHC5.4 million on Regional tours on illegal mining by the Ministry.

“All of these put together Mr. Speaker we are talking about more than ten conferences and dialogue and this is a document from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources during the consideration stage of the 2022 Budget statement. Mr. Speaker ¢10 million just on conferences and dialogue on how to fight Galamsey in this country. How does this impact the fight against Galamsey?” he quizzed.

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has not yet responded to Hon. Suhiyini’s point was made to facts as presented by the Ministry itself.