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Galamsey fight: Soldiers destroy nine excavators, 127 changfans LISTEN APR 30, 2021 Nine excavators,127 chanfangs and one fuel pump have been destroyed by the military personnel dispatched by government to flush out illegal miners on Ghana’s water bodies. The exercise christened “Operation Halt” has also led to the arrest of some two Chinese nationals. Outlining the scope of work of the team, Minister of Defence, Mr. Dominic Nitiwul warned that the armed military men will take action against persons who are found to have returned to the site. “It is noted that since the operation...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for a broad-based national consensus that would promote a responsible, viable, and environmentally sustainable small-scale mining industry. He said there was the need to address and stamp out the menace of illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as “galamsey”, and support and grow responsible small-scale mining, devoid of the use of mercury, chanfans and excavators, and the involvement of foreign nationals, to protect Ghana’s forest, environment and water bodies. The President made the c...

Atik Mohammed has called on government to intensify the sanctions against illegal miners, particularly the foreigners involved. Illegal mining (galamsey) is a headache to the nation; for years, little has been done to end this menace. As part of President Nana Akufo-Addo's measures to end the menace, two hundred (200) soldiers have been deployed with an instruction to remove all persons engaged in galamsey. A statement by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Wednesday read ''in furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique, of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale ...

  Social commentator, Atik Mohammed has appealed to government to strengthen the Whistleblower Act to empower Ghanaians offer relevant information about illegal miners in the country. With an aim to end galamsey, the President has deployed 200 soldiers to mining communities. The soldiers are tasked to remove all illegal miners and protect the waterbodies, particularly River Pra in the Central and Western Regions. A statement by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Wednesday read ''in furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique, of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small...

  NPP Ashanti Regional Secretary, Sam Pyne has advised the Military personnel deployed to mining communities to remove illegal miners not to become corrupt. The President has ordered two hundred (200) soldiers to undertake an operation in the mining areas of Ghana. A statement issued by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah read  ''in furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique, of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining on April 14 -15, 2021 and to ensure that mining within water bodies is immediately stopped; the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...