Govt deploys 200 soldiers to W/R to sack galamsayers
April 29, 2021
Galamsey machine set on fire during the operation
An operation to rid the country’s water bodies of activities of illegal miners ‘galamseyers’ yesterday commenced with the deployment of 200 officers and men from the Ghana Armed Forces to the Western Region.
The deployment which commenced at exactly 6: 00 a.m, on the River Pra followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s authorisationfor the GAF to move in and“remove all persons and logistics involved in mining from the country’s water bodies.”
A statement signed and issued by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said the decision by the President was in furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining held between April 14 -15, 2021.