[ 2019-03-02 ]

Charles Bissue steps aside after Anas Galamsey exposé
Presidential staffer and General Secretary to the
Inter ministerial committee on legal mining
(IMCIM), Charles Bissue has decided to step aside
after the galamsey fraud exposé by the Tiger
Eye Pi investigative team on Wednesday.

The undercover work captured government officials
avoiding measures to curb illegal mining in the
country and allowing a company to mine.

Mr Bissue in the video was captured among other
government officials receiving various sum of
money to facilitate processes and provide security
for the company.

However, in a statement signed by Mr Bissue on
Friday, he admitted he has taken notice of the
document and its content but was innocent.

“I would like to state at the outset that I
am innocent of the allegations levelled against me
in the documentary, as I was not and have not been
engaged in any act of corruption, criminality or
misconduct.”

“However, in the interest of transparency
and accountability, and so not of compromise the
work of the IMCIM, I have informed President
Akufo-Addo, Minister for Environment, Science,
Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena
Frimpong-Boateng, Chairperson of the IMCIM of my
decision to step aside from my position pending
investigation into the issue,” he stated.

Mr Bissue also states he calls for investigations
and will avail himself at all time to the
investigation process and he is confident he will
be exonerated.

Source - Adomonline.com

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