The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Lands and Forestry, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio says government is fully committed to ensuring that mineral deposits discovered in the Oti Region are exploited and utilized for the benefit of the people of Oti in particular, and Ghanaians in general.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said that investigations into the Apiate explosion disaster has started in earnest, cautioning that anyone found to have breached any aspect of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) and the Minerals and Mining (Explosives) Regulations, 2012 (L.1.2177) would not be spared.
The Minister Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has said that the burning of excavators in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) in water bodies and forest reserves, is legally justifiable since it falls within the remit of the 1992 Constitution of the country.
Thorny issues relating to land administration in the country will be addressed if the Land Act (Act 103) is effectively implemented, Minister-designate for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Jinapor, has said.
