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Government has with immediate effect dissolved “Operation Vanguard” which was dedicated to the fight against illegal gold mining menace.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, reiterated this at the “Meet the Press” at the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
The Minister stressed that no task force has been sanctioned to go after or harass illegal miners.
He, however, pledged the government’s commitment to resolving the menace, stressing no person or mining machinery is permitted along areas that have been earmarked as “red zones” and a 100-meter boundary.
The “red zones” and 100-meter boundary are areas where no person is allowed to undertake a mining activity, Hon. Jinapor explained.
Head is for thinking not just helmet – Sam George to Police
According to him, the Ghana Police Service in particular is in “dire need of serious reforms.”
His accusations are coming on the back of alleged molestation of opposition MPs at the precinct of the Electoral Commission to present a petition in protest of the election results.
In a series of Facebook posts, the opposition MP said:
“So why is the Akufo-Addo government so paranoid? Just 106 unarmed Members of Parliament who represent their people decide to peacefully present a petition to the Electoral Commissioner and you go and pack all these heavily armed Police and Soldiers? Are you even normal?