Galamsey Report: Capt. Koda Has No Hand In Releasing My Excavators – Asene Akroso MP

Koda, did not authorize the release of his excavators that were impounded by the Task Force of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).Prof.

Frimpong Boateng in his report to the Presidency on the work of the IMCIM on illegal mining and the way forward alleged that when the Task Force of the IMCIM impounded two excavators at a site near Anyinam and deposited them at the Anyinam Police Station, “frantic telephone calls were received from Capt.

Koda of the Presidential security detail, who asked for the excavators to be released”.He further alleged that Capt.

Aboagye’s note revealed.He asserted the two excavators that were confiscated by the IMCIM were the properties of a legal mining company that was operating at a mining site in Anyinam.Although, he was not specific about the name of the company those excavators belonged to, stated that he has been associated with Kocbad Ventures Limited and Kesuadom Enterprise Limited, all of which have obtained the relevant licenses and permits to partake in the mining industry in Ghana.Hon.

Aboagye explained that it was during the operations of one of the mining companies at Anyinam which was very far from the Birim River that officers of the Special Task of the IMCIM who were on a routine inspection of mining sites visited them and confiscated two out of the three excavators on site and advised them to ensure compliance before releasing them.This was after the IMCIM Task Force discovered that the site had two open dams instead of one.“These dams were being used as a reservoir for the very reason that there was extremely limited access to water resources, nor was there any natural water body in proximity to the site.

In order to ensure compliance with this equipment, the officers of the IMCIM took temporal possession of two (2) out of three (3) of the excavators on the site to ensure that the third excavator covered the dam and reclaimed the land.

As faithfully reported by the media accompanying the IMCIM, the dam was recovered within a week of the site inspection, and the excavators were accordingly released upon compliance”, Hon.