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The economy will collapse if government imposes a ban on mining - Jinapor

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  • GHANA 1 year ago

    MINISTER - WHICH GOVERNMENT AGAIN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU MEAN BURKINA FASO ECONOMY? BECOS THE GHANA ECONOMY HAS ALREADY COLLAPSED

  • Gogomi - Ghana 1 year ago

    Good one. We wish to let that Minister know that apart from those of them who live in a bubble at our expense, for over 99% of Ghanaians, the economy collapsed many years ago. Statements like this from that Minister prove ho ...
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  • Koliko 1 year ago

    The economy not already collapsed? Useless government

  • Shameless Talk 1 year ago

    Continue poisoning all the water bodies, nonsense.
    You do this, go build a hospital and claim that you are helping when kidney and other problems could have been stopped in the first place.

    I don't know what is wrong mo ...
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  • Kumi 1 year ago

    Ah which economy are this fool talking about this dead one or what, gerraouf

  • Prof. Issifu 1 year ago

    Eii Mr. Minister you’re not thinking right at all. So you prefer the destruction of our water bodies and environment for the sake of gold? How myopic and disdainful can you be? Where are our Kotokas and Africa’s?

  • Prof. Issifu 1 year ago

    Eii Mr. Minister you’re not thinking right at all. So you prefer the destruction of our water bodies and environment for the sake of gold? How myopic and disdainful can you be? Where are our Kotokas and Afrifas?

  • Ampah 1 year ago

    Is that the thinking if these hardened bandits? My God, we are finished!! These are really hardened bandits, worse than Boko Haram bandits. These are not politicians. No. These are hardened criminal bandits in government.

  • John Vince Cofie 1 year ago

    Is it that you a beneficiary that's why you don't support a ban on mining?
    What have you done as Minister to avert the careless and wanton destruction of forests and water bodies. Clueless and greedy individuals and governme ...
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  • Ataa Ayi 1 year ago

    What a dick head.Just because of the greed and the selfish interest of a few people, a session of the population should perish.Where from this brainless fool?

  • Kweku Gazett 1 year ago

    Minister the Destruction of the Forests , Wildlife and Rivers should Continue? South Africa does not do Galamsey . They have More Deposits than Ghana. Minister you are not Concerned about the Rising Kidney Problems and Child ...
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  • Ata 1 year ago

    Not doing it will have a longer lasting effect on our economy, environment and water bodies. Make your choice.

  • Kwame 1 year ago

    Idiot, what kind talk that. So we should drink poisoned water and die.

  • Sam Fante warrior. 1 year ago

    No wonder Kwame Nkrumah Ghana is going down and backward like never before, all this idiots illiterates educated villagers are ministers. One man business can collapse the whole nation economy ? Then we'll gonna die when we d ...
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  • Eap 1 year ago

    So we have built a very solid economy nu it's all based on galamsey? Economic messiah, digitalisation and what's not nyinaa is a galamsey based economy? Over to you fellow Ghanaians' vote wisely next time

  • Gh 1 year ago

    The President, Bawumia, the NPP, and their allies are all visionless, directionless, criminals, destroyers, above all blockheads bunch of people. How can Ghanaians agree with the minister,when in fact the government he is ...
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  • Moshe 1 year ago

    Because monet, economy so we can destroy the earth, the environment, or water bodies? What a shame! This this the mentality of you MPP fuo. Everything is money so everybody is vying for a position to make wealth! So Jinapor ...
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  • Ewvevi 1 year ago

    Since 2016, all the roads in Tema have not had any form of repair. THe roads have deteriorated so badly. Traffic lights are not functioning. Even those working are at half capacity, whereby the driver will have to look at the ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 1 year ago

    how useful is their percentage to the economy if their activities has more consequences on people health and the existing water bodies in the whole country ?
    it would be beneficial to the ordinary persons to ban the galams ...
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  • Godfred 1 year ago

    People are calling for ban on galamsey not Legal mining. People want the government to stop people mining in forest reserves and water bodies. That doesn’t stop the revenue we get, the galamsey money doesn’t come to the g ...
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  • Ben 1 year ago

    We the people are not angry enough. That is why this small boy thinks he can talk to us like that. They want to kill all of us. We need to show them exactly what the Kenyan's did. That is the only way they will know we are se ...
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  • Yesooh 1 year ago

    Mr. Minister please don't bamboozle us with numbers and percentages.
    If gold accounts for 54% of our foreign exchange earnings and small scale mining accounts for 40% of our gold output then in terms of foreign exchange earn ...
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  • Bri 1 year ago

    It will not. Either you stop it or you heavy regulate it. Lazy government

  • Mr Nova 1 year ago

    money over everything has been the mantra of this government(NPP). the money is more important to them than good health. should we die because of a stupid economy that is already broken? this country is depressing ... any giv ...
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  • ASHUA BODEY 1 year ago

    HAHAHA !! LITTLE BRAIN WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ECONOMICS ????? YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NATION BUILDING. BYE !!

  • Ivy Agyemang in Kumasi 1 year ago

    CRIMINAL PAAA OOOOO.CRIMINALS RULLING GHANA.KWASIAFOUR

  • William Ejisu 1 year ago

    I would bet my last dollar,that this Minister for Lands and Resources
    Jinapor has got his fingers into this illegal, and doing very nicely.
    The Minister is over reacting by what he says........There are proper Gold Mines ...
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  • TRUTH 1 year ago

    Ghanaians have now realized the damage caused to Ghana by handing over the country in the hands of these nation wreckers in 2016 ?

  • K.B 1 year ago

    We don't care it should collapse

  • Kofi Bikra 1 year ago

    The government should first impose a ban on churches because most (98 percent) of the pastors and so-called prophets are criminals.
    The above statement goes for Duncan-William.

    As for the mining, the government should loo ...
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  • Taylor 1 year ago

    You see how this idiot does not value the Ghanaian life, how can you compare human life to your so called useless economy? Btw who is the economy going to serve, is it not the good people of Ghana? So what is the use of it if ...
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  • Anonymous 1 year ago

    What an idiot_____it is no wonder.

  • Don labone 1 year ago

    Crate,loot and share minister, leave us alone
    We all knows what is going on under your leadership at that ministry

  • Odjame 1 year ago

    Is this guy okay. Nonsense , what us economy when human existence is at risk

  • HOLY SINNER 1 year ago

    I KEEP ON ASKING, WHO IS THIS ABU FOOLISH JINAPOR?,OH MY GOD

  • Ama Koranteng 1 year ago

    So we should just be poisoned. Fool

  • Truth 1 year ago

    Ghanaians must rise against these criminals .

  • Thief of Staff - Akosua Frema 1 year ago

    Oooh!!! I thought the economy being led by Dr. Mahamudu Timothy Bawumia was robust. First, it was the LGBTQI+ law that when the president assents to will collapse the economy. Now, placing a ban on galamsey too will collapse ...
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  • Steve Williams 1 year ago

    Samuel ABU Jinapor, please don’t delve into matters you do not have expertise. For heavens sake, you are a latter day Lawyer. If it were your senior brother John Jinapor saying this, I will not quarrel with him. You only kn ...
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  • Obroniba 1 year ago

    How can these bunch of highly incompetent corrupt imbeciles be leading us with their foolishness and gross stupidity. So we should die from their poisonous activities? Unintelligent idiot with no manners and dignity

  • Koki 1 year ago

    This is not the right decision, Mr. Minister.

    If the government is not sure of what to do, it must call for a national concensus on the matter IMMEDIATELY.

    The government must listen to the deep and loud distress calls ...
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  • Afua Iceland 1 year ago

    Good point koki

  • Tygar 1 year ago

    Some people are giving power just to lose it because they’re foolish

  • As3m S3b3 1 year ago

    It's better to have babies with sharp teeth than babies without brains!

  • Afua Iceland 1 year ago

    Who is this useless MP? We are talking about people's lives here and you are talking about economy collapsing. Aboa bi ba. Without us where is the economy? Ofui....

  • Funeral Tax Inspector 1 year ago

    But people are going to die from toxins in the water and fishes. The only people to benefit are funeral directors.

  • kk 1 year ago

    Trust me, there is no a single sensible person within the NPP party. You have to be foolish in order to join. vote this fools out....

  • JiJiri Joshua 1 year ago

    Can you imagine how they're fooling Ghanaians.
    You better say NPP PARTY will not get monies to fund their campaigns if galamsey is cancelled. What was the essence of introducing the E-levy? Do you think Ghanaians are shor ...
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  • Nye bro 1 year ago

    Foolish minister commenting foolishly! Ofui...

  • Amadu Nurudeen 1 year ago

    Put a stop to all mining activities to save lives..
    Water is life, ....
    Our health should be prioritize

  • Yellow man 1 year ago

    Have you counted the cost of the devastation. We have such fools as ministers in ghana. Because you can import water you think everything is fine.

  • Tuulay 1 year ago

    Minister don’t mind these ignorant people who want this country’s economy destroyed and making stupid noises out of ignorance and hatred. Small scale mining can be done responsibly.

  • Pee 1 year ago

    So you’re building the economy of this country on galamsey? What’s going on in Ghana

  • KWAME NKRUMAH NOA NA OMPER YASEM NO 1 year ago

    Akufo Ado and his gangsters has collapsed the economy already so Abu Jinapor how do you want the economy to perform?Already, the economy is crawling and struggling that is how every Ghanaian sees it apart from you people who ...
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