No more prosecution, we will deport you – Minister of Interior warns foreigners over galamsey

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COHANA 8 months ago

I hope the minister will also look at Ghanaians who are collaborating with these foreigners to cause such havoc to the country. I am entreating the honorable minister to come out with serious punishment that will be melted ou ...
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I hope the minister will also look at Ghanaians who are collaborating with these foreigners to cause such havoc to the country. I am entreating the honorable minister to come out with serious punishment that will be melted out to such Ghanaians.
Simeon London 8 months ago

Hypocrisy!!!!

What did these people say when Aisha Hueng was deported? Now it's okay to just deport galemseyers ?

Hypocrisy!!!!

What did these people say when Aisha Hueng was deported? Now it's okay to just deport galemseyers ?
Mr Pounds Man 8 months ago

Minister as for this one you got it so wrong.
Jail them and use them to build our poor roads as hard labour.

Minister as for this one you got it so wrong.
Jail them and use them to build our poor roads as hard labour.
Armed 8 months ago

Just deporting them to go and their gains at the expenses of the nation,instead of jailing them.ghana is doomed now.they will be now coming more..what a foolish man.ghana arm forces take the nation now from these criminals.

Just deporting them to go and their gains at the expenses of the nation,instead of jailing them.ghana is doomed now.they will be now coming more..what a foolish man.ghana arm forces take the nation now from these criminals.
Koo Boire 8 months ago

Papa Minister what will your policy do to the African who does not need to go through immigration formalities to enter the country. Let's be serious with the galamsey issue .

Papa Minister what will your policy do to the African who does not need to go through immigration formalities to enter the country. Let's be serious with the galamsey issue .
Really 8 months ago

Is this better ? Not to prosecute but deport? Once you deport them, they come back; like Aisha Huang did . Maybe when we prosecute and imprison them, they’d be deterred

Is this better ? Not to prosecute but deport? Once you deport them, they come back; like Aisha Huang did . Maybe when we prosecute and imprison them, they’d be deterred
Gowei U 8 months ago

Whose nonsensical idea is that?

Jail them and use them as free farm labourers first before you deport them!

Whose nonsensical idea is that?

Jail them and use them as free farm labourers first before you deport them!
Kasongo 8 months ago

I'm so disappointed. You mean, you catch someone destroying our environment and you'll "catch and release"? Come again, Mr Minister, it looks like you are being too tolerant of crime.

I'm so disappointed. You mean, you catch someone destroying our environment and you'll "catch and release"? Come again, Mr Minister, it looks like you are being too tolerant of crime.
THE TRUE SWORD 8 months ago

Hon. Minister please come again. I suggest you liaise with the venerable Attorney General to look critically into all legal provisions to come out with something better.
Once illegal mining is frowned on by our laws, we can ...
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Hon. Minister please come again. I suggest you liaise with the venerable Attorney General to look critically into all legal provisions to come out with something better.
Once illegal mining is frowned on by our laws, we can steady critically the ingredients that constitute money laundering and come out with legislations that will embody illegal mining proceeds as components of money laundering.
When that is done, we can trace their accounts and forfeit them to serve restitution for the harms caused to our environments.
Ghana Sun Tzu 8 months ago

Oh, thanks, minister
I come, I try my luck
I get gold or I get free ticket back home
谢谢, xiexie

Oh, thanks, minister
I come, I try my luck
I get gold or I get free ticket back home
谢谢, xiexie
Google Me 8 months ago

Muntaka thanks that's great idea so his country people can continue to come and do lucrative galamsey business and then back home and back to Ghana for the next four years. Thank you mahama afa

Muntaka thanks that's great idea so his country people can continue to come and do lucrative galamsey business and then back home and back to Ghana for the next four years. Thank you mahama afa
GHANA 1ST 8 months ago

Mahama should sack this Ministry of Interior immediately. He clearly hasn't got a clue and is unwilling to fight galamsey. You mean you catch galamsey culprits and send them home. Eiìiiii. Naaahhhh!!!!! And a Ghanaian will ...
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Mahama should sack this Ministry of Interior immediately. He clearly hasn't got a clue and is unwilling to fight galamsey. You mean you catch galamsey culprits and send them home. Eiìiiii. Naaahhhh!!!!! And a Ghanaian will steal a fowl because he is hungry and be sent to prison.
One of the biggest curses on this country is that we love outsiders more than ourselves. You punish a Ghanaian and tell a foreigner to walk home???
GHANA 1ST 8 months ago

With what Muntaka is saying, anyone can assume that it's the government behind the galamsey. Catch the person send him home and let him come back and deplete the forest for the politician. A revolving door of open galamsey. T ...
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With what Muntaka is saying, anyone can assume that it's the government behind the galamsey. Catch the person send him home and let him come back and deplete the forest for the politician. A revolving door of open galamsey. THIS IS SAD FOR GHANA FOR GHANA TO HAVE SUCH A MINISTER
JJ KUFFOUR AKUFO ADDO 8 months ago

Bogus policy. I'm for NDC , but Ghana first

Bogus policy. I'm for NDC , but Ghana first
GHANA 1ST 8 months ago

SO MR. MINISTER YOU'D SEND THE FOREIGNERS HOME AND PROSECUTE THE GHANAIANS????? I AM HEARING YOU RIGHT.

SO MR. MINISTER YOU'D SEND THE FOREIGNERS HOME AND PROSECUTE THE GHANAIANS????? I AM HEARING YOU RIGHT.
GHANA 1ST 8 months ago

MR. MINISTER YOU ARE TAKING US FOR FOOLS BY TELLING US NO MORE PROSECUTION FOR FOREIGNERS. YOUR POLICY IS WORST THAN THE PREVIOUS GOV'T

MR. MINISTER YOU ARE TAKING US FOR FOOLS BY TELLING US NO MORE PROSECUTION FOR FOREIGNERS. YOUR POLICY IS WORST THAN THE PREVIOUS GOV'T
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Kofi 8 months ago

Deportation worse than prosecution?

Deportation worse than prosecution?
Musa Kano 8 months ago

Arresting an alien and deporting him for engaging in a criminal activity such as galamsey or cutting trees in the hinterland is unconstitutional. The criminal has to have his day in court.

Why? There is a possibility o ...
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Arresting an alien and deporting him for engaging in a criminal activity such as galamsey or cutting trees in the hinterland is unconstitutional. The criminal has to have his day in court.

Why? There is a possibility of prejudice or mob justice before the agents of the ministy of interior or police gets hold of the criminal. Let's examine this proposal with a clear eye before implementing it.
Enyan Bridget 8 months ago

I said it.Muntaka is not fit for this job.With our porous borders you deport criminals destroying our livelihoods.
Madness

I said it.Muntaka is not fit for this job.With our porous borders you deport criminals destroying our livelihoods.
Madness
JACK TORONTO 8 months ago

I don't agree with the Hon minister. Defaulting the laws, one must be prosecuted and after serving the jail sentences, be deported.

I don't agree with the Hon minister. Defaulting the laws, one must be prosecuted and after serving the jail sentences, be deported.
LONGJOHN 8 months ago

HONOURABLE MINISTER THE BEST THING TO DO FIRST IS TO JAIL THEM AND THE SERVING THE SENTENCE YOU DEPORT THEM

HONOURABLE MINISTER THE BEST THING TO DO FIRST IS TO JAIL THEM AND THE SERVING THE SENTENCE YOU DEPORT THEM
Francis Boateng 8 months ago

Minister,don't just deport them.Prosecute and jail them to serve their teams before deportation. You are breaking the law.Use the existing law to deal with them.

Minister,don't just deport them.Prosecute and jail them to serve their teams before deportation. You are breaking the law.Use the existing law to deal with them.
Opoku Amsterdam 8 months ago

Why don't they face prison terms and after deported?

Why don't they face prison terms and after deported?
Fraudevrywhere 8 months ago

Who gave minister the power to change laws in gh?

Who gave minister the power to change laws in gh?
JK 8 months ago

Will this stop them from destroying our water bodies and forests? Masa jail them.

Will this stop them from destroying our water bodies and forests? Masa jail them.
K. Kusi 8 months ago

You don't have that authority. They must be prosecuted, jailed with hard labour and used on our farms.

You don't have that authority. They must be prosecuted, jailed with hard labour and used on our farms.
J.C.A 8 months ago

Didn't Aishawuan came back to do the worse when she was deported.

Didn't Aishawuan came back to do the worse when she was deported.
Kwame Angel 8 months ago

Punish them and their Ghanaian counterparts before you deport them.

Punish them and their Ghanaian counterparts before you deport them.
Tawiah 8 months ago

This is foolish . You prosecute and imprison before you deport. What will be the detergent if we simply depart them .

This is foolish . You prosecute and imprison before you deport. What will be the detergent if we simply depart them .
Yaw Yeboah 8 months ago

A very bad policy idea. They must be prosecuted, heavily fined & jailed before deportation.

A very bad policy idea. They must be prosecuted, heavily fined & jailed before deportation.
OY 8 months ago

First and foremost, whoever came up with this idea did not think it through. Ghana is is not a lawless country and the courts are there for a purpose (although sometimes one wonders if they know this). How do you prove that ...
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First and foremost, whoever came up with this idea did not think it through. Ghana is is not a lawless country and the courts are there for a purpose (although sometimes one wonders if they know this). How do you prove that a person has indeed committed a crime before his deportation? If you do establish that he has indeed run afoul of the law then shouldn't people who treat our laws with impunity be punished? How do you achieve deterrence if you only deport them after they win the gold and pollute? So that they can go and spend the fruits of their criminal activity?
Mi 8 months ago

If you just deport them, then they will come back. It's better to prosecute them first

If you just deport them, then they will come back. It's better to prosecute them first
KOK 8 months ago

This is not the best way to go. This approach will rather encourage more foreigners to come into the country. Every foreigner will rather risk, afterall if he is arrested he will be sent back and not prosecuted. Let the law d ...
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This is not the best way to go. This approach will rather encourage more foreigners to come into the country. Every foreigner will rather risk, afterall if he is arrested he will be sent back and not prosecuted. Let the law deal with everyone equally
FunnyGhana 8 months ago

This is not correct. They must be prosecuted and jailed with hard labour for 15 years and only then deported. It is ridiculous to just deport. After enriching themselves, destroying the water bodies and forests you send them ...
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This is not correct. They must be prosecuted and jailed with hard labour for 15 years and only then deported. It is ridiculous to just deport. After enriching themselves, destroying the water bodies and forests you send them home to enjoy the illegal wealth. This is a really crazy idea.
Nana 8 months ago

Mr Minister kindly prosecute all of them, no deportation.

Mr Minister kindly prosecute all of them, no deportation.
Erik 8 months ago

The minister of interial seems to be too much in a rush in taking decisions. You're not going to trial foreigners who destroy our forest reserves but simply deport them with loot to go and enjoy in their country. Please resci ...
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The minister of interial seems to be too much in a rush in taking decisions. You're not going to trial foreigners who destroy our forest reserves but simply deport them with loot to go and enjoy in their country. Please rescind this decision
SD.com 8 months ago

No, minister, I disagree. Give them quick daily prosecution (which should be completed within one month) and jail them thereafter for 10 years.

No, minister, I disagree. Give them quick daily prosecution (which should be completed within one month) and jail them thereafter for 10 years.
Kwam 8 months ago

Hmmm it a bad policy , but we all know how powerful some of the countries this criminals are @ China, India etc. They can destroy your economy just like the US Donald Trump is doing. So a little bit of diplomacy is needed. Ja ...
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Hmmm it a bad policy , but we all know how powerful some of the countries this criminals are @ China, India etc. They can destroy your economy just like the US Donald Trump is doing. So a little bit of diplomacy is needed. Jailing them and feeding them again with our little resources is also not good. I will have wish we punish them to reclaim the destroyed lands then we deport them after that.

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