The parliamentary minority has announced that it will take action to guarantee that a bipartisan investigation into the Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng report is carried out.
Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the minority leader in the House, claims that his group will try to resolve this matter in Ghanaians’ best interests.
This follows requests from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for a public investigation of Professor Frimpong-scathing Boateng’s galamsey report, which accuses some officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party.
Dr. Ato Forson stated to the media that the Minority supports the need for the investigation.
“This House has been urged by a vast majority of our citizens to institute a bi-partisan probe into this serious matter. We, the Minority support this call and shall take steps accordingly to trigger the necessary processes for an independent probe into this matter. So in the coming days, don’t be surprised if you hear the NDC Minority starting a process to constitute an independent probe into Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s report,” he added.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, former chairman of the new defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), authored a report on illegal mining (galamsey) activities in 2021 and subsequently submitted it to the Chief of Staff.
He in the report, accused some government officials of interfering in his work or engaged in galamsey.
The report was subsequently leaked into the public domain in April 2023.
Several persons indicted in the report have rejected the allegations.
