Sentences with phrase «of illegal miners»

There is currently a ban on small - scale mining in the country following the widespread devastation of the water resources and forest reserves due to the activities of illegal miners.

He revealed that some arrests of illegal miners have been made so far and there was some resistance.

The operations of illegal miners have had a dire consequence on the environment.

Mainly from the activities of illegal miners who continue to bring down cocoa and other farms with impunity.

Government is poised to spend 100 million dollars to reclaim lands destroyed by activities of illegal miners in the country, through the Multi-sectorial Mining Integrated Project (MMIP).

Environmental degradation and corrupt practices of illegal miners and traders threaten indigenous tribes with «cultural genocide,» journalists Fellipe Abreu and Luiz Felipe Silva wrote in Folha de S.Paulo late last month.

Kwadwo Opoku who is the CEO of FKP & Rald Investment Ltd was cocksure if one soldier finds his way into the operational zone of illegal miners to stop their activities, he would be killed in no time.

In my opinion, the president is effectively executing the part of article 257 (6) to the advantage of illegal miners throughout the country.

«We didn't want to leave anything to chance, so it was done discreetly», he said, adding that it was a successful operation, which according to him had also restored sanity to the area, which had been under the siege of illegal miners and criminal elements for some years.

He observed the floods were caused by the obstruction of water by a man made dam constructed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and not by the activities of illegal miners as earlier claimed.

President Nana Addo has called the bluff of illegal miners threatening to vote against his party in the 2020 elections, if he continues with his anti galamsey fight.

Until recently, many of Ghana's fresh water bodies had become poisonous with thousands of acres of fertile farmlands destroyed as a result of the actions of illegal miners.

While parading the suspects, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mineral and Natural Resources, Hon. Tunde Ajilore, said the state government's effort to curb the activities of illegal miners underscored the importance of a structured biometric database of miners in the state.

The latest arrest brings to 461 the number of illegal miners arrested so far.

The National Commander of the government's anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, has expressed frustration with what he says is the slow pace of prosecution of illegal miners arrested by the task - force.

The General Secretary of the Association, Godwin Armah, explained that their members know the schemes of illegal miners and where they operate, hence their involvement will be of great benefit to the task - force.

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.

She stated that these individuals had not protested when the operations of illegal miners were destroying water bodies, suggesting that their response to the government's plans was hypocritical.

Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited, has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River.

The Mission said government must minimize the mass arrest of illegal miners and...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region.

Currently, some water treatment plants have been shut down over activities of illegal miners, which have rendered water bodies from which the plants harvest water for processing useless.

The minister, who doubles as the member of parliament for the Nkawkaw Constituency passionately condemned politicians and traditional leaders who sponsor the activities of illegal miners.

He said «it is a shame that some politicians, Chiefs and other powerful people in the country are behind the activities of this illegal miners».

Consequent to that members of the group announced their intention to constitute a taskforce with the mandate to monitor and report activities of illegal miners to security personnel.

Teachers in the East Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region, an area ravaged by the activities of illegal miners, have pledged to join Citi FM's efforts in ending illegal mining also known as galamsey.

The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori - Panyin II, has reiterated his commitment to protect the Atiwa forest from the activities of illegal miners and chainsaw operators.

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has complained about the destructive activities of illegal miners and warned that this has become a huge threat to the nation's power supply.

A number of water treatment plants have been shut down across the country because their water sources have been polluted by activities of illegal miners.

The Mission said government must minimize the mass arrest of illegal miners and deal with culprits on individual basis.

My own investigations show that, some of these illegal miners pay bribes to some Ghanaian citizens and they allowed them to operate under cover.

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.

Major Pabi said the modus operandi of some of the illegal miners has changed because they have informants who alert them before Operation Vanguard gets to the mining sites.

Fred Oware, the Chief Executive Officer of the BPA, expressed discomfort at the activities of the illegal miners and assured that the Authority would collaborate with relevant institutions to clamp down on them.