According to Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Minority Leader of the House, his party will work in the best interests of Ghanaians on this issue.
This follows calls by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for both Parliament and the Office of the Special Prosecutor to launch a public investigation into Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s damning galamsey report, which implicates some officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party.
Dr. Ato Forson told the media that the Minority supports the call for an investigation.
“This House has been urged by a vast majority of our citizens to institute a bi-partisan probe into this serious matter. We, the Minority support this call and shall take steps accordingly to trigger the necessary processes for an independent probe into this matter. So in the coming days, don’t be surprised if you hear the NDC Minority starting a process to constitute an independent probe into Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s report,” he added.
In 2021, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, former chairman of the now-defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), authored a report on illegal mining (galamsey) activities and submitted it to the Chief of Staff.
He accused some government officials of interfering with his work or engaging in galamsey in the report.
In April 2023, the report was leaked into the public domain.
Several people named in the report have denied the allegations.
