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According to the association, this will help sustain the fight against the menace. Their call comes on the back of the recent deployment of 200 military personnel to flush out illegal miners destroying water bodies in the country. The directive is the outcome of a recent stakeholders’ dialogue on small-scale mining. A statement from the  Information Ministry said, “In furtherance of the resolution of the final communiqué of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining on April 14 to April 15, and to ensure that mining within water bodies is immediately stopped; the Pre...

Govt deploys 200 soldiers to W/R to sack galamsayers April 29, 2021 Galamsey machine set on fire during the operation An operation to rid the country’s water bodies of activities of illegal miners ‘galamseyers’ yesterday commenced with the deployment of 200 officers and men from the Ghana Armed Forces to the Western Region. The deployment which commenced at exactly 6: 00 a.m, on the River Pra followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s authorisationfor the GAF to move in and“remove all persons and logistics involved in mining from the country’s water bodies.” A stat...

  The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have begun an operation to remove all persons engaged in mining in water bodies in Ghana. The operation, which started yesterday on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive, took off on the River Pra in the Central and the Western regions with 200 soldiers, who picked up some people and also seized some equipment. A statement announcing the operation, which was signed and issued by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, yesterday, said the President’s directive was pursuant to the resolutions of the final communique of the Stakeholder...

  Former PNC General Secretary, Atik Mohammed has advised that the fight against illegal mining, popularly called galamsey, shouldn't be a nine-day wonder. He called on the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor and the Government of Ghana to sustain the fight. President Nana Akufo-Addo has deployed 200 soldiers to remove all persons engaged in mining in waterbodies in Ghana. The operation began on River Pra in the Central and Western Regions. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah revealed this in a press statement issued on Wednesday, reading, " in furtherance...

  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...