Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resouces, George Mireku Duker has revelead that, Government is intensifying the galamsey fight.
The lawmaker while admitting the difficulties in the fight against the menace reiterated government resolve to deal with the canker.
Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM morning show on Wednesday,August 24, 2022, the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuem assured Ghanaians that Government is resolute in curbing the menace.
“We have ensured that this Naval Command will be permanently placed on the river bodies or the banks of these river bodies. Also, we have made recruitment where the Naval Command is training some people we call ‘River Guards’ and they too will be permanently patrolling the banks of these river bodies like Offin, Tano, Pra…”
Mr. Mireku Duker revealed that the guards have been issued with body cams to film illegal miners when they swoop down on them.
“We have further erected security posts at vantage points and also setting up a situational room” to monitor all activities on the river bodies, he added.
The government of Ghana in 2019 declared war on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, a menace that is pollution water bodies and forest vegetation.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com
