Repatriate all foreigners arrested for engaging in illegal mining – Muntaka to IGP

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Afram 6 days ago

Make Ghana LAWFUL Again...!!

Make Ghana LAWFUL Again...!!
Joe 6 days ago

What happens to their equipment? For transparency, let's get names of all foreigners and their accomplices named together with materials seized with location and details of all items.

Send then to designated places for fur ...
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What happens to their equipment? For transparency, let's get names of all foreigners and their accomplices named together with materials seized with location and details of all items.

Send then to designated places for further dispatch to do national duties that will benefit society. Use them as operators to generate money for community before deportation.
Jay Swiss 6 days ago

Punishment before repatriation, this is how criminals are treated. These foreigners were not illegally living in Ghana, they had the permits and have committed crime against the people of Ghana. So, just deportation isn’t t ...
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Punishment before repatriation, this is how criminals are treated. These foreigners were not illegally living in Ghana, they had the permits and have committed crime against the people of Ghana. So, just deportation isn’t the solution. We need Justice not show. What do you do with the Ghanaians who were also arrested alongside with the foreigners? Are you going to punish them or deport them to BANANA REPUBLIC?
Please don’t disgrace president Mahama and the NDC at large. We are strong supporters of NDC abroad and we know what is it. Please leave the IGP and the courts to do their job, Mr Muntaka. Repatriation for polluting our water bodies without a legal punishment? You are joking Mr minister.
Wiseup 5 days ago

Yes they must be severely punished and made to reclaim the land then deported never to come here again.

Yes they must be severely punished and made to reclaim the land then deported never to come here again.
Watchman 6 days ago

Repatriation is not a punishment. Illegal mining and the pollution of our waterbodies are state crimes. So the foreign criminals must first be prosecuted and if found guilty jailed. When they have served their sentences we de ...
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Repatriation is not a punishment. Illegal mining and the pollution of our waterbodies are state crimes. So the foreign criminals must first be prosecuted and if found guilty jailed. When they have served their sentences we deport them.
Not thst good 6 days ago

Why will you repatriate criminals without imprisonment. They will come right back thru our porous borders. So where is the punishment to them after destroying our rivers. Repatriation is never a good deterrent. That is anothe ...
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Why will you repatriate criminals without imprisonment. They will come right back thru our porous borders. So where is the punishment to them after destroying our rivers. Repatriation is never a good deterrent. That is another sneaky corruption tactics.
Kdwo 6 days ago

Muntaka are sure? 107 deportation did you bought their air tickets for them? Or what ways did you deported them we are not children

Muntaka are sure? 107 deportation did you bought their air tickets for them? Or what ways did you deported them we are not children
Nana Kofi Frimpong 6 days ago

This incompetent Muntaka was sacked by late President Atta Mills at the sports ministry, only to be reappointed by president Mahama to a critical ministry like interior. He's simply asquare peg. How can police repatriate a fo ...
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This incompetent Muntaka was sacked by late President Atta Mills at the sports ministry, only to be reappointed by president Mahama to a critical ministry like interior. He's simply asquare peg. How can police repatriate a foregone? Is it possible? Is that what the constitution says?

Per our constitution, It's only immigration authorities who can repatriate errant foreigners!
JK 6 days ago

Yes I think his actions about this deportation of illegal miners won't help the country. President Mahama should do away with fast. He is not going to help Ghana. You catch a criminal who is destroying the lives of your peopl ...
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Yes I think his actions about this deportation of illegal miners won't help the country. President Mahama should do away with fast. He is not going to help Ghana. You catch a criminal who is destroying the lives of your people and you just deport the
No Mercy 6 days ago

Ghana Government must Stop Trading with China's, Ghana Country doesn't need Chinese.Chinas.are every Strategy to Control Ghana and the Rest of Africa Countries.Now in Ghana, China's are Mining in Eastern region and Northern r ...
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Ghana Government must Stop Trading with China's, Ghana Country doesn't need Chinese.Chinas.are every Strategy to Control Ghana and the Rest of Africa Countries.Now in Ghana, China's are Mining in Eastern region and Northern region in GOLD, also holding our Aluminium Bauxite Company.due to Bad Leaders, unskilled Minister's
Ojam 6 days ago

Hon, it's better to be jailing them here. When deported, they get to their country and return the following week to cause more havoc. They are still in the bush mining with impunity. Pls let the court jail them, too, not only ...
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Hon, it's better to be jailing them here. When deported, they get to their country and return the following week to cause more havoc. They are still in the bush mining with impunity. Pls let the court jail them, too, not only our people.
JK 6 days ago

This is wrong move, you will deport them and the next day they back into the country because our land borders are porous. Jail them ooo. They can't come and destroy our lives and go free.

This is wrong move, you will deport them and the next day they back into the country because our land borders are porous. Jail them ooo. They can't come and destroy our lives and go free.
Joe 6 days ago

Ghana must be serious, why jail fellow Ghanaians but set free the foreigners!

Ghana must be serious, why jail fellow Ghanaians but set free the foreigners!
KZBOY 6 days ago

This is ridiculous why not jail them before deportation

This is ridiculous why not jail them before deportation
Joe 6 days ago

Is just repatriation enough? I think there must be some form of punishment as well as our borders are porous to serve as a deterrent.

Use their seized equipment to set up jobs that will benefit society and deport them afte ...
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Is just repatriation enough? I think there must be some form of punishment as well as our borders are porous to serve as a deterrent.

Use their seized equipment to set up jobs that will benefit society and deport them after.

1. Seized the equipment
2. Jail them
3. Desilt choked gutters or where excavators and other equipment are needed to offer real support to communities by using their own operators instead of burning them.
Farms, tree planting, fish ponds, irrigation, construction of gutters etc.
4. Recycling parts of equipment that cannot be used to generate some money etc.
Kwamina 6 days ago

They should be jailed and forced to do hard Labour before repatriation. You guys are too soft with wrongdoers.

They should be jailed and forced to do hard Labour before repatriation. You guys are too soft with wrongdoers.
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Kwamina 6 days ago

Commanders who do not want to comply with the order should be dismissed and not transferred. As service men/women they are supposed to take order and not act on their own discretion. You guys are not serious with your leaders ...
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Commanders who do not want to comply with the order should be dismissed and not transferred. As service men/women they are supposed to take order and not act on their own discretion. You guys are not serious with your leadership style.
Charles 6 days ago

I hope the Minister and his team (including the President) are reading our comments because people are angry with the decision of the Minister to repatriate the wrongdoers without prosecution. Please don't make Ghana a Banana ...
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I hope the Minister and his team (including the President) are reading our comments because people are angry with the decision of the Minister to repatriate the wrongdoers without prosecution. Please don't make Ghana a Banana republic with no law and order.
Kofiga 6 days ago

Anybody can come to Ghana and commit a crime with no consequences. What a country?

Anybody can come to Ghana and commit a crime with no consequences. What a country?
Francis 6 days ago

Honestly, I don't see any intelligence in that Minister's face.

Honestly, I don't see any intelligence in that Minister's face.
Saly 6 days ago

Please jail them before deportation

Please jail them before deportation
Eiii. 6 days ago

I am highly disappointed.

I am highly disappointed.
Th 6 days ago

Isha huang on my mind, this woman destroyed our forests and rivers with impunity and when she was caught and repatriated she someway somehow found her way back into the country. I remember the then opposition and well meaning ...
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Isha huang on my mind, this woman destroyed our forests and rivers with impunity and when she was caught and repatriated she someway somehow found her way back into the country. I remember the then opposition and well meaning Ghanaians lambasted the then government so why then do you also repeat the same thing knowing they might come back again
Jj 6 days ago

Repatriation is not the duty of the IGP but the Comptroller General of Immigration (GIS)The minister ahould assign dutiea to the right agencies under him.

Repatriation is not the duty of the IGP but the Comptroller General of Immigration (GIS)The minister ahould assign dutiea to the right agencies under him.
Firing Squad 6 days ago

Is that a punishment to deter others from entering the country and engage in Galamsey, the solution is on how we dealt with them at least, they should be prosecuted jailed. After serving their sentence, they should also be do ...
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Is that a punishment to deter others from entering the country and engage in Galamsey, the solution is on how we dealt with them at least, they should be prosecuted jailed. After serving their sentence, they should also be documented through Bi- metric before they're being Deported to their various countries with 10 years Waiver on their head, which means they can come back to the country by sending a petition to our Immigration Court, and when the court sit on the Petition the National Intelligence Bureau, will do diligent Investigation by checking to find out the years that foreigner was in the Country before he or she was deported, did they paid Tax to the Government or did the person have or involved in any criminal offense. So if all these investigations come clean then they can be allowed back into the country through the approval of the court, but.if the background checks proofs otherwise then the Petition will be denied. So what the Interior Minister is telling the IGP is not the way to go, Look at the mess Galamsey is causing the, country and just arrest them and Repatriate them to their countries of origin, that's not punishment, so Muntaka come again.
Richard 6 days ago

@Firing Squad. Many thanks for your words. I fully agree with you. I hope the ill-informed interior minister will learn from your input.

@Firing Squad. Many thanks for your words. I fully agree with you. I hope the ill-informed interior minister will learn from your input.
Abrewapunyagna 6 days ago

Like seriously? Are you not telling the wrong person? Who is the IGP to repatriate them? You should be telling the foreign minister and not the IGP.

Like seriously? Are you not telling the wrong person? Who is the IGP to repatriate them? You should be telling the foreign minister and not the IGP.
Nana Kese, Newark, New Jersey 6 days ago

Muntaka is a minister....Tweaaa
Is it the IGP who repatriate foreigners..?
Repatriation is the sole duty of immigration..

Muntaka is a minister....Tweaaa
Is it the IGP who repatriate foreigners..?
Repatriation is the sole duty of immigration..
Amoako,a concerned citizenounterparts 6 days ago

Please sir,they must be jailed and made to pay heavy sums of money before we deport them because they don't have the right to engage in galamsey as foreigners. They have spoil our water bodies and the forest, and contaminated ...
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Please sir,they must be jailed and made to pay heavy sums of money before we deport them because they don't have the right to engage in galamsey as foreigners. They have spoil our water bodies and the forest, and contaminated the soil by using chemicals Their Ghanaian counterparts should be given small punishment as most of them are working for foreigners. Also if you only REPATRAITE them then their Ghanaian counterparts should be warned and set free
Pancho 6 days ago

Not until after their terms in prison is over, anything otherwise won't be a good idea. This will serve as a lesson to those other foreigners who think they can come and mess around with our laws and devastate our environment ...
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Not until after their terms in prison is over, anything otherwise won't be a good idea. This will serve as a lesson to those other foreigners who think they can come and mess around with our laws and devastate our environment and our rivers and go unpunished.
Oklemekuku 5 days ago

They must be locked in the slammer, served with kokonte and hot pepper(not shittor). Deport them after doing time

They must be locked in the slammer, served with kokonte and hot pepper(not shittor). Deport them after doing time
Agbeli Kumordzi 4 days ago

Jailed them before deporting them out of Ghana

Jailed them before deporting them out of Ghana

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