University of Ghana economist Prof. Godfred Bokpin has alleged that the State itself may be complicit in illegal mining, suggesting that some institutions could be facilitating the activities they are expected to prevent.
Speaking on Newsfile, the Professor of Finance said the State might be playing a role in allowing illegal mining to continue.
“This is only so because the State itself, my considered view, is that the State itself is complicit in this matter. The State may be playing a facilitating role in all of this,” he said.
Prof. Bokpin’s concern centres on the possibility that the fight against illegal mining cannot succeed if elements within the State are also helping to sustain the problem.
