The move will now allow the task - force to effectively
fight illegal miners who have been operating in the Ankobora, Pra and Brim Rivers.
Not exact matches
A code of practice for small - scale mining operations will be outdoored and committees will be formed in all mining Districts to
fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small - scale
miners
Last week, Mr Mahama criticised the Akufo - Addo administration's approach to the
fight against galamsey, saying the use of soldiers to flash out the
illegal miners will not yield any fruitful result.
Since shooting to kill is equally seen as
illegal, Mr. Kumah is calling on parliament to empower the military personnel leading the galamsey
fight with a law that would enable them to kill
illegal miners.
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.
He revealed that the former Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, tried different methods to get him to ease up on the
fight against
illegal miners within the small - scale mining sector.
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.