A former General Manager of Akonta Mining has told the High Court in Accra that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, directed them to carry out mining operations in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve without the required permits.
The witness, Edward Akwasi Ekuoko,...
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), appeared before the Ghana Police Service's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Accra on Monday and was given bail with two sureties.
Days earlier, on Friday, May...
Ghana's government has taken firm action against Akonta Mining Company Ltd., which is purportedly owned by Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Ashanti regional chairman. Since the company's mining operations in the protected Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve...
