The government has shared a video of supposed illegal mining activities of Akonta Mining Limited, a mining company owned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.
This video was what led to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, weeping at a press conference on Monday, April 22, 2025.
The minister said that anytime he watches the video, he is shocked at the extent of damage a Ghanaian would do to Ghana's forest just in the name of making money.
The said video showed vast portions of the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region completely destroyed.
