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Government has put in place a general supervisory body to clean up the negative image it earned itself after reports that it was certifying diamonds from conflict ridden-Ivory Coast.According to the sector Minister, Prof Dominic Fobih, the body was chaired by his Deputy to give the entire process ministerial prominence.He added that the Precious Minerals Marketing Company was also being empowered to tighten its monitoring and supervisory mechanisms.The moves came after participants at a world diamond conference in Botswana last November gave Ghana three months to provide proof that it did not certify diamonds from conflict-ridden Ivory Coast.For a start, a team of European Commission members was providing assistance through South African experts to help Ghana better manage the industry and be able to track the source of its diamonds to meet the Kimberley Certification Process.
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