A civil Society group in the mining sector, WACAM, is calling for a decisive action from government against all forms of what they term irresponsible mining.
The group contends that, though the recent wave of public advocacy against illegal mining referred to as Galamsey is commendable, similar efforts should be targeted at large and small scale mining firms engaged in mining practices that destroy the environment.
Executive Director of WACAM, Hannah Koranteng, told Citi News Citi News,“There is the need to dis-aggregate the whole process of irresponsible mining. I call it irresponsible mining because you have the multinational companies also getting involved in some level of this illegality. We have the small scale miners who are supposed to be mining also getting involved in the illegality, and then we have those with no authorization at all also getting involved.”
“Once we are able to dis-aggregate the whole stages of irresponsible mining, we should back the actions with some level of education and sensitization. With this, I would call on the President and his government to strengthen institutions, political will, and then we also need political direction because if we want to completely reduce the problems created by mining, then we should have better regulatory bodies,” she added.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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LET THE SO-CALLED LEGAL MINERS SHOW US A HECTRE OF LAND THEY HAVE RECLAIMED.AT BEST THEY HAVE PLANTED TREES WITHOUT FILLING THE HOLES. GHANA MUST OUTLAW SURFACE MINING.IT IS A CRIME AGAINST THE UNBORN GENERATION.
The fight against the "Surface Mining"with the destruction of our Forests,Farming Lands and the Poisoning of our water Bodies is a National or civic responsibility.The President alone cannot stop the Galamsey or Surface mining.Every Ghanian and all Political Parties must unite to stop it. If we do not stop the destruction and poisoning now within 20 years Ghana may become a desert,our people will suffer from severe heavy metal poisoning.We may no longer have farm lands.