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Foreigners are not entitled to small-scale mining -Inusah Fusani

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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    When when has small scale mining been for Ghanaian citizens alone? Is it a new law because both NPP and NDC governments did not seem to know.

  • POST 11 years ago

    DO THAT BOY

  • Torgbigah 11 years ago

    In fact Ghana security network on foreigners is really the weakest in the whole world.how can Chinese without passport and visas live so freely in Ghana and engage in illegal activities and government will never care? immigra ...
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  • Dr. B 11 years ago

    The answer to your question is very simple. It is because of corruption. They take money away from these people who have no business being in Ghana and look elsewhere for these people to inflict damage on our beloved country. ...
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  • Edwin 11 years ago

    Thank you very much Torgbigah, acorrupt government careless because they authorities know what they are getting from these street men Chinese, hence the security officials are also corrupt. Customs officials are of no excepti ...
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  • IDRIS PACAS 11 years ago

    Surprising, is this minister-designate telling us that successive Govts aren't fully aware of foreigners' engagement in galamsey? I'm surprised to hear him say that foreigners are not allowed to do it when in fact, foreigner ...
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  • Motherlove 11 years ago

    Kofi are you a Ghanaian ? Go to another country and see if you can do that you are an ass...Leave Ghana you are not a Ghanaian

  • Unlimited 11 years ago

    I like the guy men , he iss very smart n care about Ghana future.

  • KOFORIDUA Flowers (fr) 11 years ago

    IS THE LEADERSHIP GOING TO ALLOW THIS HAPPENED? JUST WAITE AND SEE WHETHER asiedu nketia will side with you Fuseini.

  • Torgbigah 11 years ago

    we heard all these preachings before but nothing is done. do we have to wait for problems to surface before we stand up against this? the chinese do not only destroy the land and our water resources, but also displace our riv ...
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  • Ogra 11 years ago

    PLEASE STOP THE CHIEFS FROM ALLOWING POLLUTION OF OUR WATERS,AND SELLING OUR HERITAGE AS WELL AS OUR PRIDE AND SOULS. THANK YOU.

  • AyiOgladzo 11 years ago

    We SHALL HOLD YOU AND YOUR Government ACCOUNTABLE at the END of THIS PARLIAMENT If this WANTON DESTRUCTION OF OUR FORESTS AND RIVERS CONTINUE!!! SO GET to WORK. We are WATCHING YOU.

  • Ato 11 years ago

    Its easy to say than to do i bet you Alhaji the gate of heaven will be opened for you if you can stop this galamsey.

  • YAW 11 years ago

    My God !!! That will be more than seeing you as the president of our country if you do just that.

    But you may be persuaded with the same money they gwet from that practice, so be firm and save the whole country. The chief ...
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  • LARANBANGA - BAWAANAAYIRI BIE 11 years ago

    LOAD ALL OF THEM IN SHIPS AND DEPORT THEM

    NO WHERE IN THIS WORLD CAN THIS NONSENSE TAKE PLACE

    WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ?

  • atadwe 11 years ago

    So which part of illegal mining is legal for Ghanaians to do? If it is illegal, everybody, foreign and Ghanaian should be stopped. Shall we only arrest foriegn thieves?

  • OBIBINI 11 years ago

    The foreign thieves must be arrested first.Are they even legally entitled to live in this country?You sound very unpatriotic.

  • OBIBINI 11 years ago

    The problem is with some useless,greedy chiefs who are only interested in money but nothing else.Some ghanaians have also become frontmen for the Chinese,aiding and abetting them to illegally mine gold in the country.Such gha ...
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  • OSEI WIAFE 11 years ago

    IF YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, I THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB.

  • Sualisu Alidu Mahama-Tamale 11 years ago

    Mbo boh,you have spoken very well and I wish you well. Long live Tamale Central.

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 11 years ago

    Is the Immigration Service telling ghanaians that all these chinese are in the country legally? Are the police officers in the areas where these illegal minings going on telling ghanaians that they are not aware of what is go ...
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  • KOFI BOABENG-MIAMI,FLORIDA-USA 11 years ago

    WELL SAID OHEMENG.I WONDER WHY SUCH ILLEGALITIES ARE ALLOWED IN GHANA IN THE FULL GLARE OF THE SECURITY FORCES AND FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CORRUPT AND INEFFICIENT POLITICIANS FROM THE SO-CALLED PRESIDENT DOWN TO THE ORDINARY GH ...
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  • K D 11 years ago

    I pray to Allah that you get approved for that ministerial position.Good job in advance.

  • Bush Dokta 11 years ago

    Mr. Minister designate, please come to Dunkwa-on-Offin and see things for yourself. The Chinese people your government brought to Ghana have taken over the small scale mining. Very soon they will be selling tomatoes on the st ...
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  • OBURONIBA FITAFITA 11 years ago

    This Alhaji guy represents Ghanaian interests. He is my kind of guy. First he will get rid of all the foreign predators : secondly he will make it easy for Ghanaians to register and do business legally.

    In America where t ...
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  • OKOMFO ANOKYE 11 years ago

    The Ghanaian Government must enact Great Policies that protect and preserve our LAND for OUR USE only. No Foreigner should be Sold any piece of Land at all. The LAND is us. If one sells the Land is like selling oneself. In l ...
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  • KOFI BOABENG-MIAMI,FLORIDA-USA 11 years ago

    GALAMSEY AS THE NAME IMPLIES IS ILLEGAL MINING.IF SO WHY SHOULD YOU NOT BAN IT ENTIRELY RATHER THAN ALLOWING GHANAIANS ONLY TO MINE.DOES THAT MEAN GHANAIANS ARE ABOVE THE LAWS OF THE LAND EVEN WHEN FLOUTING THE LAWS?A VERY S ...
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  • Kwaku 11 years ago

    Flush out all Chinese out of our country

  • Motherlove 11 years ago

    Kawku, you dont need the government to flush them out, The Ghanaian public has the right to go to every corner of Ghana and flush them out. They came without the right papers and came to do things unlawfully so you also need ...
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  • Adama d'Gharty, UK 11 years ago

    The way to go forward to stop illegal mining in Ghana now is simply be bold enough to introduce a law banning all small-scale mining concerns in the country. The solution is not just the denial of foreign criminals the access ...
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  • Africa 11 years ago

    Why can’t Ghanaians do the mining themselves ?

  • KWEEKWEE 11 years ago

    HONOURABLE MINISTER, THIS IS LAUDABLE BUT KINDLY FIRST FLUSH OUT THE CHINESE AND INDIAN TIMBER BUYERS WHO GO TO THE BUSH AND BUY THE ROSEWOOD AND TEAK LOGS THEMSELVES AT CHEAPER PRICES, EXPORT BY THEMSELVES WITH THE CONNIVANC ...
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  • francesca 11 years ago

    God bless you for taking this good and bold decision,the government should take this opportunity to create jobs for the Ghanaian citicens. We hope you fulfill your promise.

  • BB 11 years ago

    Greed, corrupt and idiots continue to sell Ghsna land which is irresponsible because come overseas to see which land is sold to foreigners. You don't own the land but you pay taxes on it, before and after you died as well as ...
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  • KOFORIDUA Flowers (fr) 11 years ago

    JUST TO PAVE YOUR WAY.JDM WILL HARDLY AGREE WITH YOU FOR, THESE GALAMSEY OPERATORS OPERATES EVEN AT THE FLAGSTAFF AND PROF MILLS ASOMDWEE PARK.ndc GOVT MUST GO AND GIVE WAY TO CONCERN CAPABLE LEADERS.

  • J J Rawlings 11 years ago

    The stance This man has taken is a very great one and I hope he sees it through, and not get corrupt along the way and start taking huge bribes from these foreigners. More grease to your elbows Alhaji, go for it and save our ...
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  • Lawrence 11 years ago

    Mr I Fusani, What you are saying is very good for National interest, BUT NOW GHANA HAS BECOME MORE LAWLESSNESS COUNTRY, Everybody is doing what he/she like, more EXPECIALLY those who have people in HIGH OFFICES or comes from ...
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  • atta mills 11 years ago

    Mr man,ask your colleague chinese if a ghanaian can go to china and even scoop a spoonful of sand? why cant you say when you come you will send all those chinese to face the rhythm of the law.
    say something better papa

  • GHANA LEADERS ARE DOWNRIGHT USELESS 11 years ago

    ANOTHER USELESS MINISTER. TALK, TALK, NON ACTION.

    THIS MINISTER SHOULD HAVE SAID HE'LL PUSH THROUGH LEGISLATION, AND ENFORCE IT, TO OUTLAW AND DETER "GALAMSEY" IN GHANA RATHER THAN TALKING BULLSHIT.

    INFORMATION AND EDUC ...
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  • kojo kabi 11 years ago

    we called ourself poor peoples and also modern Ghana, is very shame and encouraging colonization.watch NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL about GHANA JUNGLE GOLD.shame

  • Ga 11 years ago

    It is our own fault, we are lazy without proper education and vision.
    The only thing we are good at is complaining about the white man, cheating, corruption and
    jealousy. For heavens sake the majority of our people still d ...
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  • Mankind 11 years ago

    Please do that!! Especially to your masters from China!!

  • ANGRY NEGRO 11 years ago

    Kudos to you honorable. The mere fact that you have even thought about it is a plus. How do we allow foreigners to come and encroach on our national treasure? I mean our highly cherished natural resources. My GOD. We cant go ...
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  • Cool Cat USA 11 years ago

    If you idea will only help Ghana then is good, but don't say this and do something else.. We are watching your movement towards mining. First deport all illegal mining operations and set up a positive goal.

  • Charles T.Ndanbon 11 years ago

    Well done GOD Bless u

  • Eko 11 years ago

    Good on him, but if Ghana is really serious about looking like less than a dump where people build, dig up, or throw away on just about anything then this thinking needs to be broader than foreigners; it needs to extend to Gh ...
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  • KWAME90 11 years ago

    THIS MINISTER IS NOT SERIOUS SO HE WANT TO TELL US THAT HE HAS NOT SEEN THEM FOR THE PAST FOUR YEAR. YOU CANNOT TAKE US FOR A RIDE. YOU IMPORTED THEM AND WITH THE HELP OF THE CHIEFS DO DESTROY OUR FUTURE.

  • marian 11 years ago

    They all carry voter's ID.

  • BB 11 years ago

    please sooner the better because chiefs in Ghana who are money hungry are selling these lands greedy, ignorant and idiots who think about themselves and nobody else. please stop them sooner before Ghanaians becomes tenant on ...
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