WE WON’T ALLOW MINING IN KAKUM NATIONAL PARK – EPA Boss Assures

Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has dismissed reports of possible mining activities within the Kakum National Park, and other protected areas across the country.

Dr. Kokofu expressed his concerns during an interview On UTV on November 13, 2023, stating, “I have tasked my Chief Executive Director, who is in charge of the operation, to go to the Minerals Commission and our office in the Central Region and provide me with feedback.

“The Minerals Commission didn’t even agree to that, and for us at the Environmental Protection Agency, we won’t sit aloof. If we don’t take care, people can illegally go and mine there without any license. We are calling for security coordination and beefing up security in all the national parks, including Kakum,” he said.

Recent reports suggested that High Street Ghana Limited, a mining company, was in the process of leasing parts of Kakum National Park for mining activities.

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EPA will not sit aloof and watch this happen – Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu responds to the leasing of Kakum National Park for mining#UTVNews pic.twitter.com/oEntkOUKCm

— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) November 13, 2023

 

 

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