Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, has advised Ghanaians not to make a mistake by voting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) back to power since it has nothing good to offer the country.
He insisted that the pro-poor policies of the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, including the free Senior High School (SHS) and other development initiatives, would not survive under an NDC government.
The minister gave the warning when he handed over some speed boats procured by the government to the Nzema East Municipality and the Shama District Assembly in the Western Region.
The speed boats numbering about 10 would assist in the fight against illegal mining in the Ankobra and Pra rivers.
Prof. Boateng indicated that the speed boats would be used to patrol the rivers to arrest recalcitrant illegal miners who are still in the business.
He said they were also procuring some passenger boats for the two coastal districts to aid in the transportation of people and goods on the rivers.
“But before that, the speed boats will be used to detect which areas in the rivers needed to be dredged and to remove tree stumps from the rivers,” he indicated.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira, Catherine Afeku, who was at the handover ceremony, bemoaned the fact that communities that depended on river Ankobra had been deprived of their source of drinking water due to excessive illegal mining.
She said the speed boats would go a long way to help stop some of the illegal activities.
The Municipal Chief Executive for Nzema East, Frank Okpeyen, lauded the government’s plan towards ending illegal mining by establishing district mining committees in mining areas.
Community Mining
Prof. Boateng later launched the Community Mining Programme in the Nzema East Municipality to formalize mining in selected communities.
He stated that the programme would ensure that “mining will be done the right way within the tenets of the law, and will not destroy our natural resources.”
Source: Daily Guide
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We've already made a mistake by voting your Promise and Fail party into power
Sack Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Gabagge Here, Gabbage There And Gabbage Everywhere. Somewhere In October I Visited Some Friends At Devtraco And Ps Global Using Tema Oil Refinery Road Through Kpone To Kpone Barrier. Oh My G-O-D! The Stench From The Kpone Filt Site Was More Than The Hiroshima Bob (Japan) Of 1945. I Strongly Believe The Government Will Wake Up One Day To A Series Of Legal Issues Against It For Negligence Relating To Health Issues From Residents Of Kpone And Its Environs. I Complained And Friens Said It Was Even Worse At Nights.
NDC is the only option to your bad performing npp government, your Akufo Addo is uselessss and a liar, on top of that super incompetent
WHAT GOOD AT ALL HAVE U DONE SINCE GHANAINS GAVE POWER TO YOU
Yes, to some extent, however if the NPP continues to neglect the party supporters who voted for the party to come to power, bet me the NDC will surely win 2020, Nana Addo seem not to have learnt any lessons from the defeat of the NDC, the over one million votes he got in 2016 were not all NPP votes, some NDC supporters voted against their own party to teach them a lesson because they were neglected. When people vote for you to enjoy free fuel, free V8, Free accomodation, free tea and coffee,free travels, free water and electricity, free ex-gratia and yet you care less about them, these very people will take away these 'free's'from you on December 7, yoooo, Under Kufuor every NPP member knew his /her party was in power, that cannot be said of the current NPP,the most unpredictable voter in the world today is the Ghanaian voter, you never know their mind until counting of votes is over, if you doubt this ,ask John Mahama.
Your friends & family government will soon be history and you're asking Ghanaians not to do what? You even has skeletons in your closet. I hope you're aware of the Inter-Ministerial something, something and you want to enjoy your booty? Lie, lie. We're no more buying into Mahama this, Mahama that. You have failed!
YOU YOURSELF SHOULD BE SACKED FROM YOUR POSITION AS ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER BECAUSE I CAN'T JUST FATON WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED AS A MINISTER FOR CLOSE TO THREE YEARS. I USED TO ADMIRE YOU AS CEO OF KORLE BU WHEN YOU TURNED THINGS AROUND THERE. BUT FOR NOW YOU ARE JUST A WASTE AND A DRAIN ON THE GHANAIAN PURSE. GABAGGE HERE, GABBAGE THERE AND GABBAGE EVERYWHERE. SOMEWHERE IN OCTOBER I VISITED SOME FRIENDS AT DEVTRACO AND PS GLOBAL USING TEMA OIL REFINERY ROAD THROUGH KPONE TO KPONE BARRIER. OH MY G-O-D! THE STENCH FROM THE KPONE FILT SITE WAS MORE THAN THE HIROSHIMA BOB (JAPAN) OF 1945. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY TO A SERIES OF LEGAL ISSUES AGAINST IT FOR NEGLIGENCE RELATING TO HEALTH ISSUES FROM RESIDENTS OF KPONE AND ITS ENVIRONS. I COMPLAINED AND FRIENS SAID IT WAS EVEN WORSE AT NIGHTS WHEN THE GET TO BED.
If wishes were horses..................