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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said he is not a traitor to the cause of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following his criticisms of the government of the day.<\/b><\/p>\n

He said he desired to make the governing NPP and Ghana as a whole stronger.<\/p>\n

Speaking on, October 22, he said \u201cI don\u2019t think I am criticizing or attacking the government, no. The president said were should be citizens and not spectators so I am offering my views to make the party stronger and Ghana a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he would consider himself a traitor in the NPP? he answered \u201cNot at all. I am patriotic, that is what I will say. The word traitor is too far away from my dwelling place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), authored a 36-page document titled \u201cReport on the work of IMCIM so far and the way forward\u201d which made several allegations of government officials neck deep in illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey.)<\/p>\n

The report alleged that some government officials and private citizens were involved in galamsey.<\/p>\n

The Attorney-General Godfred Dame looked at the report and subsequently issued its advice to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).<\/p>\n

The advice noted that all of the individuals named in Prof Frimpong- Boateng\u2019s report denied the various allegations made against them in the report.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Dame, several attempts by the Police to obtain further information from Professor Frimpong Boateng to substantiate the allegations in the Report and to assist them in conducting further investigations proved futile.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Professor refused to provide any further information to the police,\u201d the A-G said.<\/p>\n

According to the A-G, Prof Frimpong-Boateng also declined to give a written statement, claiming his Report is \u2018an embodiment of his statement\u2019 and all the information he has on the allegations\u201d \u2013 the Chief State Attorney, Mrs. Keelson stated.<\/p>\n

The Godfred Dame further stated further that, investigations by the Police have not revealed any evidence in support of the allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegations are therefore bare and do not provide a basis for any criminal charge against the persons cited in the Report\u201d \u2013 the Advice stated.<\/p>\n

But Prof Frimpong-Boateng denied the Attorney-General\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

He told Kemini Amanor that \u201cit is not true, I cooperated with the CID fully, I am not an investigative agent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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