The former chairman of the disbanded Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), has said that every detail in his galamsey report is accurate and not fabricated.

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Speaking to the media, the former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology said he stands by everything in the controversial report on illegal mining.

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Professor Frimpong-Boateng on April 20 caused a stir when a report he authored on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey was leaked to the media.

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The report indicted a couple of NPP officials for engaging in illegal mining activities.

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Among the persons mentioned in the report included a leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Director of Communications at the Presidency, Lord Commey, Information Minister, Oppong Nkrumah, and a host of others.

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All the persons mentioned have denied the allegations.

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But speaking on the report for the first time, the renowned Heart Surgeon said he had to be brutally honest with the President in his report. Professor Frimpong-Boateng also denied leaking the report to the public.

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According to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, the report was handed over to personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department during investigations on some missing excavators.

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“I didn’t write the report for Ghanaians to talk about it. It has been two years since the report was authored. I didn’t leak it. After I was granted an interview with GTV, some CID officials visited me to investigate some comments I made in the interview concerning some excavators. I then handed over the report to them.

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“I am not saying the CID officials leaked the report but I gave them the report to aid with their investigations and that was the end.”

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