A group calling itself Advocates for Social Intervention Ghana (ASIG) has waded into the controversy over the revocation of the mining lease of Exton Cubic Limited, labelling it as witch-hunt.
It said the excuse given by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister that the company failed to obtain environmental permit and operational permit for exploration was not only lame and tasteless but strange and unconvincing.
This was contained in a press statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Emmanuel Arthur, in Kumasi.
It said what was happening was not any different from what happened under the previous political administration, where attempt was made to collapse Tobinco Pharmaceuticals.
It also cited the arrest of Mr. Kwabena Kesse, CEO of Kessben Group of Companies on the trump up charge of money laundering.
ASIG added that it had every reason to believe that Exotic Cubic was targeted because the company was connected to Mr. Ibrahim Mahama, a blood relation of former President John Dramani Mahama.
It indicated that moving equipment by mining companies to mining concessions, before obtaining environmental permit had been a normal practice. There was not anything new.
The group pointed out that what companies granted a mining lease could not do was to begin actual exploration or mining without environmental and operational permits.
The statement said it found it deeply troubling the repeat of past political mistakes and missteps, adding that, the pettiness simply must end.
It should not be lost on anybody the thousands of jobs that Exton Cubic would have created, the group stated.
Source: GNA
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SINCE 1992 THERE IS SO MANY UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES IN THIS COUNTRY DUE TO THE BAD ATTITUDE OF US. there is the need to change our political strategy because no political party can get everybody employed only when we support our local business men but now if make every thing politcs what is going the benefits we should understand that E AND P was there before John Mahama became president of Ghana LEST not forget they are only brothers and ibrahim can bnot reject his brother because he is a member of the ndc at the time of former gentle giant Ja kuffour E and P secured contract at liberia and he took ghanaians there not NDC. Currently the company is working at a goldfields ghlimited site at daamang in the western region also with ghanaians let us not remember the past but we support the one who can get us job so i dont see why we dont accept the good point made by the group instead,THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED TO DIVIDE OURSELEVES BECAUSE OF POLITICS IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE ndc LED BY JOHN MAHAMA DID NOT PERFORM WELL . let us not forget that the brother was helping some people
From 2012 to 2016 how many jobs did they create? Graduate unemployment association was formed during ndc era why didn't you rush to get things done for Exton Cubic to help the numerous helpless unemployed graduates but you talking of jobs now when another government is in power so you mean you intentionally created unemployment during ndc era? This government will be the most dumbest to allow this Exton Cubic for ndc to get that concession on Ashanti land.Ndc hate Ashantis but want their minerals to enrich themselves and use that power to insult them. Never,it is over and when it is over it is over. There are so many opportunities you can take advantage of legally to create jobs it is not Nyinahin bauxite alone that can create jobs. You can form 100 groups who cares? NPP government can't condone with illegality. It can be witch or wizard hunting if they are not there there won't be any hunting. Exton Cubic doesn't own Ghana so you people with time to form groups must find work to do since time waits for no man, 10 years by now you will be wasting your time on Exton Cubic impossible dream which will hurt your future. Let them fight their own war since the money goes to them not you idi*ts forming unnecessary groups will never help you. The government is on course and has no time for greedy,anti-Ghana selfish elements