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BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson
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Vast swathes of forest reserves and farms, as well as some rivers in the Western and Eastern regions, have been destroyed by the activities of illegal miners.
Deep in the heart of the two regions, where accessibility to the thick forests is virtually impossible, illegal miners have managed to penetrate with huge machines to cause destruction of unimaginable proportions.
Last Tuesday, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, high-ranking officials from the Operation Halt Team, as well as the media, embarked on an aerial tour of the areas devastated by illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, and it was a sorry sight to behold.
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DCOP Opare Addo claims he is still at post as Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer.
•The latest information contradicts earlier claims by Major General Francis Adu Amanfo (Rtd.), the acting National Security Coordinator that DCOP Opare Addo s contract had expired.
•Earlier, alleged members of the pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force, had tried to handcuff DCOP Opare Addo and dragged him out of office.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ayensu Opare Addo says he is still the Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer and that he has not been formally removed from office.
“I have not been removed as the regional security liaison officer,” DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo told Joy News monitored by GhanaWeb on Tuesday 18 May.