As steps are taken to flush out people who engage in the galamsey business, the Public Relations Officer for Minerals Commission, Mr. Isaac Abraham has indicated that never would the authority legalize the operations of illegal miners.
Mr. Isaac Abraham however stated that the Minerals Commissions would rather regulate operations of small scale miners because their activities protect Ghana’s lands and rivers.
He explained on ATV’s Anopa Bosuo show that “settlement, mangroves and rivers are prohibited areas for mining, over 80% of galamsey as recorded mine at these prohibited areas in Ghana. The Minerals Commission do not licence any mining company to mine in these prohibited areas so anyone caught in these areas must be taken on.”
He added that “minerals commission will not agree in the legalisation of galamsey in Ghana because most of these miners work in the prohibited areas of mining. There is a bigger arm somewhere which is hindering us from arresting people who engage in illegal mining”.
He advised that the time has come for the commission to continuously organise seminars in all mining areas to educate them on reasons they can’t mine in prohibited areas.
Source: ATV
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Anas pls we are waiting oo.
It is high time we show those bog hands that there is no hand bigger than the collective hands of all Ghanaians. Let's all rise up against surface mining in Ghana. II don't care if people have licenses or not, it is not the only available job in Ghana. Period. We cannot sacrifice the existence of an entire nation for the greed of a few. Enough is enough.
A bigger hand? What bigger hand? Is it the hand of God?Stop the ***barred word*** and do your work or very soon we'll be forced to take the law into our own hands.
WHO ARE THE BIG NAMES INVOLVED IN THIS GALAMASEY BUSINESS ARE THEY IN THE NPP OR NDC : NANA ADDO SHOULD FIND OUT AND NAME THEM BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRADE OUR RIVER WATERS FOR GOLD BECAUSE WATER IS LIFE ; GOLD IS NOT LIFE : NANA ADDO SHOULD DO SOMETHING- ASAP !!!!!!BECAUSE OUR RIVERS ARE GETTING toxic; the trouble is that these civil servants are involved deeply in this business and are not prepared to go there and these nation wreckers; THROW ALL THESE CIVIL SERVANTS OUT !!!!!!!