Sentences with phrase «against illegal mining»

Borneo is one of the world's richest regions, in terms of biodiversity, but the area had no special status that might have protected it against illegal mining or logging.

You control the land and you are equally involved in solving matters that bothers on chieftaincy issues so I plead with you to join the efforts of Operation Vanguard, support them and let us win the fight against illegal mining in the country to protect the environment and our water bodies,» he said.

We must, thus, be determined to protect our environment and water bodies by joining hands in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in order to bring an end to the devastation of some of our landscape, and the pollution of our water bodies, occasioned by the activities of illegal miners.

Speaking on the arrests, Major Pabi, said, «as at yesterday morning, we had made 328 arrests of illegal miners who are flouting the President's directive against illegal mining.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has described as successful, the work of Operation Vanguard, the team tasked to enforce the government's campaign against illegal mining activities in the country.

According to him, the sentences given by the judiciary to the suspects were not deterrent enough, and was a major disincentive to the fight against illegal mining in the country.

Rev. Dr. Nii Amoo - Darku, a governing Board Member of the National Peace Council, has called on law enforcement, especially members of Operation Vanguard Taskforce, to approach the fight against illegal mining with restraint.

Campaigns against illegal mining in the country have in the last few months intensified with Citi FM championing a #StopGalamseyNow campaign that is gaining momentum, rallying various stakeholders to address the menace which has left devastating effects on the country's environment.

«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.

Father Campbell also commended government for the fight against illegal mining in the country saying it was a difficult but worthy move.

Speaking at the Commissioning of a Secretariat for the Inter-Ministerial team on Illegal Mining in Accra, President Akufo - Addo said government will not relent on the war against illegal mining.

Government says it is in the process of procuring drones worth $ 3 million to augment the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the country.

According to him, he is rather against illegal mining also known as galamsey.

The government is gradually losing momentum in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey.

This forms part of efforts to sustain the campaign against illegal mining which has affected major river bodies and left acres of farmlands destroyed.

The government has every intention and the resolve to see the fight against illegal mining to the desired end, President Nana Akufo - Addo has assured.

The Ministry of the Interior has reiterated its commitment to vigorously support government's fight against illegal mining.

Asked by Citi News «Kojo Agyeman why the House was yet to make its position known on the fight against illegal mining public, Nana Prah said the House was only constituted this year and was still finding its feet.

The Israeli ambassador to Ghana, H.E Ami Mehl, has declared his support for Ghana's fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo - Addo administration's resolve to win the war against illegal mining, even if it meant losing votes in the 2020 elections.

Alhaji Fuseini, a former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has previously spoken of the pressure Chinese officials in Ghana put on him when he tried to fight against illegal mining in 2014.

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has joined the fight against illegal mining popularly known to as «galamsey» and have called for drastic actions to eliminate the menace.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using an aggressive approach where necessary, to ensure that the culprits do not return to the site when the reclamation program begins.

According to him, the influence of traditional rulers in the fight against illegal mining can not be underestimated.

But the group has since the government's renewed fight against illegal mining in the country, expressed its dissatisfaction, particularly on the basis that even those operating with requisite licence have been boxed together with the illegal ones It has been demanding that government draws the line between illegal small scale miners and legitimate small scale miners with licence.

Civil society organizations and the media recently joined the government to launch series of campaigns against illegal mining which is causing havoc to livelihoods and property as well as Ghana's water bodies and forest covers.

He added that his government's fight against illegal mining is not going to stop.

The deployment of the joint police and military task - force came as a major boost to government's fight against illegal mining in the country, following news of its devastating effects on the country's land and water resources.

The Coalition said current sanctions were not deterrent enough, stating that with stricter sanctions, the fight against illegal mining can be won.

The Media Coalition Against illegal Mining is appealing to the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to sensitize judges adjudicating galamsey cases on the need to hand out sanctions deterrent enough to perpetrators of illegal mining.

He commended President Nana Akufo - Addo's vision and determination to bring to an end these societal enemies with the introduction of the Operation Vanguard, establishment of a permanent secretariat for the inter-ministerial committee, and recently the formation and inauguration of District committees against Illegal Mining (DCIM) in areas where the practice is common to bring the menace under control.

He says he will ensure a full enforcement of laws against illegal mining in the country.

The former President at a recent NDC Unity Walk in Kumasi criticised the ruling government for not applying common sense in its fight against illegal mining activities.

However, the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police, DSP Cephas Arthur has dismissed the suggestions that the cents 50,000 may compromise them and dull the fight against illegal mining.

The Republic has also heard claims that Mr. Ashigbey, who has led a media crusade against illegal mining, also known as «galamsey,» has messed up finances at the GCGL, publishers of the flagship national broadsheet, Daily Graphic.

He recently became very popular when he led a media campaign against illegal mining in the country, forcing the NPP government's hand against galamsey, even though President Akufo - Addo had promised illegal miners, during the 2016 campaign, that galamsey would not be discouraged by an NPP government.

The fight against illegal mining was initiated in March this year.

The sale of contaminated fuel demands a stronger political will and more resources to tackle it than the fight against illegal mining.

«As an institution committed to the Rule of Law, we are prepared to lend our support to this renewed fight against illegal mining to stamp out the menace and thereby protect the country's natural resources, particularly our water bodies, for the current and future generations,» the statement said.

A campaign against illegal mining by the current NPP government is gaining traction amid fears the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, who is fronting the anti-illegal mining crusade, will lose steam because of the influential people involved in the practice.

According to him, the NPP government is ready to resolve its fight against illegal mining also known as «galamsey» even if it meant losing votes in the 2020 elections.

Maverick Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has reiterated the Akufo - Addo administration's determination to fight against illegal mining.

Government has adopted a strong stance against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, and has taken a decision to place a ban all of forms on small scale mining in the country.

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A statement issued by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex B. Poku - Acheampong said the move is in furtherance of «the recent groundswell of public revulsion and media and civil society advocacy against the menace of illegal mining, commonly referred to as «galamsey».

Government has come under attack by thousands of Ghanaians engaging in illegal mining threatening to vote against the ruling party in the next elections despite their (illegal miners) hazardous activities on the environment.

The District Chief Executive for Dormaa East in the Brong Ahafo Region, Emmanuel Kofi Agyeman, has incurred the wrath of persons engaged in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, for waging a sustained fight against the activity in the area.

He said his government is not against mining but is against the illegal manner it is done which ends up polluting the country's waterbodies.