Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has declared that chiefs in the Ashanti Region will be summoned to account for the activities of illegal mining in their communities from next year. He said this during the last meeting of the members of the Regional House of Chiefs in the year 2022 over which he chaired.   According to the regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah, out of the 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), 25 are engaged in illegal mining. […]