The National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining has called on the government to take steps to put in place systems for the rigid application of the laws against illegal small-scale mining.
A 15-point communique read on Thursday, April 15, by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, at the end of the two-day meeting stressed that sanctions and penalties imposed by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995) should be applied to all those who infringed the law, irrespective of political colour, socio-economic status or class.
Indeed, it said, the better placed in society and who ought to know better should have the most punitive of the penalties applied to them.
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President Akufo-Addo for two days held a national consultative dialogue in his attempt to build a political consensus against illegal mining as a way of intensifying the fight against galamsey.
All political parties that participated in the 2020 elections were invited to be part of the dialogue that began on April 14, together with 16 other groups, with the hopes that they can agree on a common position against illegal mining and take needed steps to tackle it.
The event took place at the Accra International Conference Center.
Below is the final communique from the event:
FINAL COMMUNIQUE
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources of the Government of Ghana, a National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining was held from 14
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Head of Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu has called on Ghanaians to support the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor in his quest to end illegal mining in the country.
The Minister, during a National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, pledged to fight the menace.
In a 15-point communique read by him on Thursday, April 15, Abu Jinapor stressed that sanctions and penalties imposed by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995) will be applied to all those who infringed on the law.
He boldly submitted that the sanctions will be meted out irrespective of political colour, socio-economic status or class.
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