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The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi says he will not watch the younger brother of former President John Dramani Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama to engage in any form of mining as far as the NPP is in power.

He warned the business magnate to respect directives from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against illegal mining or face his wrath.

According to him – “If some of us are respecting the president’s directives to stop illegal mining, then who is Ibrahim Mahama, who the hell is he?”

The controversial bauxite mining concession approved to Exton Cubic Group Limited has created confusion among two Ministers in the Nana-Addo led administration.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, is not happy that the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, is encouraging Ibrahim to move his equipment to the Nyinahin bauxite site for mining when there is a ban on mining in the region.

Mr Ibrahim Mahama moved his Engineers and Planners (E&P) heavy-duty equipment to the site but was prevented by the residents and the DCE of the area.

Chairman Wontumi as affectionately called in politics on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ was emphatic that “Ibrahim Mahama has no valid documents to allow him mine. The President has ban mining so he should respect that.”

“What is wrong is wrong, we are not going to allow him pollute our waters and destroy the forest. If John Peter Amewu still insists he can mine, we will demonstrate against him. This will not happen under my watch,” he angrily said.