The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has categorically rejected accusations made by North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, regarding President Akufo-Addo’s daughters allegedly being involved in illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
In a statement released on Saturday, September 28, 2024, the Ministry asserted that these allegations are completely unfounded and misleading, emphasizing that the President’s daughters have no links to such activities.
The Ministry characterized the claims as politically motivated, suggesting they are intended to tarnish the reputation of the President’s family, and urged the public to ignore them.
Clarifying further, they noted that the Elite Minerals Company Limited, which Ablakwa claimed was associated with the President’s daughters, was registered in 2008 and received a mining lease in the Kwaebibirem Municipality in 2012 during the John Mahama administration. This timeline refutes any assertions of the President’s family currently engaging in illegal mining.
The Ministry reiterated the government’s dedication to fighting illegal mining, asserting that all individuals, irrespective of their affiliations, would be held accountable under the law.
They also urged political figures to refrain from disseminating falsehoods for personal or political advantage, while emphasizing the government’s ongoing initiatives to restore lands affected by galamsey and safeguard the nation’s natural resources.
“The attention of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has been drawn to certain comments by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, alleging that the daughters of the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, are either associated with a certain company and/or involved in illegal mining.”
“The said allegations are palpably false and without merit whatsoever,” the statement said.