Authorities appointees engaged in galamsey – Ashanti Regional Minister verifies

The particular Ashanti Regional Minister, Mister Simon Osei-Mensah has verified that indeed some appointees of the current government are usually indeed involved in illegal exploration known in local parlance as galamsey. He has nevertheless hinted that these persons can soon be named plus shamed in the wake associated with sustained efforts by the Akufo-Addo led administration to protect drinking water bodies that have been polluted. In the welcome address at Local Consultative Dialogue on Little Scale Mining at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology and Technology (KNUST) within Kumasi on Wednesday Might 12, 2021, Mr. Osei-Mensah added that such appointees will face the appropriate sanctions. “The government appointees involved with galamsey will be shamed plus given proper sanctions. We all can’t go against the concepts, policies of the president. I actually pray all the stakeholders to achieve the fight against the galamsey, ” he said whilst lamenting on how farmlands were destroyed which could impact adversely on food security in the united states. The government put together a two-day National Consultative Dialogue upon Small-Scale Mining involving regarding 14 stakeholders, including previous ministers of Lands plus Natural Resources, members from the Council of State, associates of the National House associated with Chiefs, heads of safety agencies, actors in the exploration industry and members from the Small-Scale Miners Association to build up a roadmap for dealing with the problem of illegal modest mining in the country. At the end of the particular dialogue, the stakeholders, and a lot more, charged the government to take procedure for strictly apply the country’s mining laws. Source: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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