{"id":306078,"date":"2017-03-29T12:07:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T12:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306078"},"modified":"2017-03-29T12:07:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T12:07:52","slug":"akufo-addo-supports-my-galamsey-fight-amewu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/akufo-addo-supports-my-galamsey-fight-amewu\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo supports my galamsey fight \u2013 Amewu"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, has said that he has the backing of the president for his fight against illegal mining in the country.<\/p>\n
According to him, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, also supports his tactics adding there has not been any interference in his job.<\/p>\n
The Minister made the remark on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”4CtrOxxS0yFdTPEZKXbk5TLsYdYcuEF3″]\u201cI’ve not received any pressure from anybody. I\u2019m receiving multilateral support; the governments of Australia, Chinese government, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, the whole media fraternity, Ghanaians as a whole are all supporting me. There has not been any interference in the actions that we are taking now. I can tell you that the support is very huge, the president is so passionate about it and he\u2019s been saying that we must maintain our environment for purposes of inter-generational equity,\u201d Mr. Amewu added.<\/p>\n