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The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Kwaku Afriyie says the government will continue to burn excavators being used for illegal mining when soldiers seize them.
To him, burning the machines is the best alternative to fighting illegal surface mining rather than seizing them.
In a television interview with Citi TV on the programme Face to Face,
Dr Afriyie, who is also the Member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region said those who disagree with the move of burning the excavators can take the government to court.
He said going through the court processes to decide the fate of seized excavators will delay and frustrate the fight against illegal mining which is currently destroying water bodies and forests in Ghana.
Ghana-Press-Review April 07, 2021 to 10:45 168 APA – Accra (Ghana) The assurance by a lawmaker that government has released enough funds to ensure that the country generates enough electricity to sustain demand and the release 38 of the dolphins that were washed ashore at Axim-Bewire last Sunday back into the sea are some of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Wednesday.
The Graphic reports that the government has released enough funds to ensure that the country generates enough electricity to sustain demand.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Apraku Twum Barimah, said the government released $130 million in November last year to support the power sector.
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The government has released enough funds to ensure that the country generates enough electricity to sustain demand.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Apraku Twum Barimah, said the government released $130 million in November last year to support the power sector.
Speaking with journalists on a number of issues, the MP, who is also a member of the Foreign Affairs, Special Budget and Poverty Reduction Strategy committees, said the move demonstrated the commitment of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government to the power sector.
Load shedding
Mr Twum Barimah assured the public that the government had no intention to embark on a nationwide load shedding programme.
The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that the decision by the government to increase taxes in the 2021 budget as a means of mobilising more revenue to support national development will only subject Ghanaians to more hardships.
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