Chairman Wontumi - I’m not involved in galamsey.

By: Emmanuel Larh Obese.

 The Ashanti Region chairman of the New Devoted Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has said, he isn't participated in any unlawful mining exercises.

The Terrains and Regular Assets Service on Friday, September 30 coordinated mining firm, Akonta Mining Restricted to stop activities in the Tano Nimiri Woodland.

This was after two people supported discharge wounds at Samreboi in the Western Locale after a segment of the young supposedly kept staff of Akonta Mining Restricted from sending greater hardware into the Tano Nimri Timberland hold.

The Service said despite the fact that Akonta Mining Restricted has a mining lease to embrace mining tasks in certain pieces of Samreboi, outside the Woods Save, "the organization has no mineral right to attempt any mining tasks in the Tano Nimiri Backwoods Hold".

As per the assertion, the area serve, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has accordingly guided the Ranger Service to, "forthwith, guarantee that the organization does no activity in the Woodland and to make the vital move against any individual saw as punishable in this".

"Our records show that Akonta Mining Ltd, on August 25, 2022, applied for a Mining Lease to embrace mining tasks in the said Woodland Save.

By a Clerical Mandate, all surveillance, prospecting or potentially exploratory exercises in Woodland Stores in the nation are suspended, besides in extraordinary conditions.

"Albeit this mandate doesn't influence mining in Woodland Stores, Akonta Mining Restricted's application has still up in the air.

As needs be, any supposed action being attempted by the organization in the Woodland Hold is unlawful", the assertion further revealed.

In any case, talking on Wontumi television, Executive Wontumi said he is prepared to make the archive accessible.

Director Wontumi, said his organization, Akonta Mining Restricted, has all the expected documentation.

"I'm interesting to them to utilize the law.

They ought to do their examinations, and we ought to allow the law to work."

"I have a huge scope organization which Akonta mining is under. Every one of the expected reports I have, I will make all suitable" he added.

Mr Wontumi, in this manner, dismissed allegations that he is associated with galamsey.

"I need to tell the public that I am not into galamsey," he stressed.