The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has indicated that the operations being carried out by the Ghana Armed Forces under the directive of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that water bodies are clean for human consumption are not coming to an end soon.
According to the Bimbilla Member of Parliament(MP), the war waged against galamsey [illegal mining] to clean water for Ghanaians should be a matter of concern for all Ghanaians as it is through collective efforts that will ensure success in the fight.
Briefing the media at the Ministry of Information on the third phase of the ‘Operation Halt’ campaign, Hon Nitiwul noted that the same massive Public Relations(PR) work which was carried out by some Ghanaians for the government to pull out Operation Vanguard in the first attempted fight with all sorts of unfounded allegations are still going on.
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The President has been urged to remain resolute in his commitment to combat the illegal mining (galamsey).
According to an environmentalist, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, there were so many individuals and interest groups in the illegal business, including politicians and other state actors who might want to use various means to dissuade the President form his renewed position on illegal mining.
“But, I will encourage President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Add to remain steadfast in his commitment to see the end of the menace,” he said.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra on the activities of Operation Halt so far, Nana Sarpong, who is also the President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, an environmental non-for-profit organisation, said: “The journey appears a long one, but we will surely get there as we all join the President in his efforts to sanitise the mining [email protected]