The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has denied reports that he granted a mining permit to Exton Cubic Group Limited to mine bauxite at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
“I only granted permit for forest entry and not to mine. Permission to mine is done by the Minerals Commission but as far as I am concerned, they met the necessary processes in my outfit that is how come they were given the permit. As they enter the forest, they may cut down some trees while creating roads and others so the claims that Sir John is permitting people to mine is flawed”, he revealed on Accra-based Oman FM.
He insists he acted within the remits of the law and also denied claims that the matter was pending before a court but he defied the consequences and went ahead to grant the permit to the company believed to be owned by the brother of former President John Dramani Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama.
“They had the requisite documents to go there. I will always stand by the truth…… If it is not good I will speak against it. People must stop the propaganda in the entire issue……..I gave the permit before the matter was taken to Court.It was granted to them on the 20th of June but the matter was taken to court in August….the documents are clear and there for everyone to see”, he explained.
According to Exton Cubic Group Limited which legally acquired the Nyinahini Bauxite concession as far back as August 14, 2013, it had engaged Engineers and Planners (E&P), a company owned by Mr. Mahama, to use its equipment to undertake a prospective service.
But some irate youth believed to be organized by the District Chief Executive of Atwima Mponua on Monday prevented Engineers & Planners – affiliated to Exton Cubic – from depositing mining equipment at the Nyinahini bauxite concession in the Tano Offin reserve.
Source: mynewsgh.com
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This man need to be fired immediately. You gave them permit to enter the forest to do what? Shameful being
IF you are corrupt, manipulator, cunning, fraudulent person, we called you a smart person in Ghanaian context. hahahah what a funny excuse from a legal practitioner. Let us go back to history. Sir John was named by Wayomi in 2010 for fronting for Wayome during the KUFFOUR+s admission and was given a Toyota Landcruser. Sir John used his office as a board member of the GNPC during KUFFOUR-s administration to secure visas for certain individuals for some fees. Sir John, could not account for the party-s contributions when he was a general secretary and led to his defeat. This incident is not a new to me because we know him and Lord Comey.
You granted them forest entry to go for excursion or what, if you do not know anything about that ministry or department, let the president appoint another person please. Do not let us labour in vain. How could you.
Sir John has left us down. He must stop defending the indefensible and bow down his head in shame. Maybe he finds his office as a goldmine. Never again, Sir John!
Sir John can only act on the information available to him,the permit was issued because of the information he had,and it was before Abroye went to court.entry permit does not warrant one to mine
Who dosen't know Sir John, He is corrupt from his childhood.
Gave him permission to enter the forest to do what? Smoke weed? Sir John, are you a bigggg fuuuuuooooooooouul or do you have small brains????
Sir John should be loved.
Shame on you! Wrong people occupying public positions. I blame Nana Addo for giving such a sensitive position to an NDC lawyer. We know Sir John very well. He is been on a payroll of JM and Ibrahim, and some of us were shocked he was given this position. Nana Addo pls open your eyes. Is it not the same man who defended Stan Dogbe in his defile case in Kumasi. As usual he didnt see anything wrong with defending an NDC member. All he is after is money. One of the wrong guys in NPP. beg you open your eyesbeg you open your eyes.
Sir John should be fired. He cannot collect his percentage and leave future generation to suffer. People are making money through technology innovation? why ibrahim want to destroy our forest? He should stop doing pay you way out business and do proper business. I'm really disappointed that sir john is a lawyer. He is too greedy and ***barred word***