Gov’t Must Ban All Mining Activities In Forest – Gideon Boako 

Dr. Gideon Boako has condemned the illegal mining activities in the country.

The Spokesperson for NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and Tano North parliamentary candidate, speaking on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” show, stated that illegal mining of all forms must not be tolerated in the country.

He rebuked those mining along the water bodies, stressing “it is evil to mine in waterbodies”.

Illegal mining, locally referred to as “galamsey”, is a serious matter of concern to Ghanaians with some of them currently staging demonstrations to compel the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to declare a state of emergency and immediately stop all smale-scale mining activities.

This resulted in the arrest of over 50 protesters called Democracy Hub who were remanded for 2 weeks and has now been granted a GHC 70,000 bail each with two sureties.

However, one of their leaders named Oliver Barker-Vormawor has been refused bail on grounds that there is no guarantee that he won’t commit another wrongdoing as he was on bail when he illegally removed keys to a parked Police van during their Democracy Hub protest.

As galamsey continues to worry Ghanaians, Dr. Gideon Boako believes one of the surest ways to curb the menace is for government to reintroduce a ban on mining.

He insisted that no one should be allowed to mine in water bodies and the forest.

“With mining in water bodies, it is neither a matter of doing it legal or illegal. It is illegal. It does not have to be endorsed at all but those with licence to mine gold in the forest, they should go by the regulations. However, for me, the forest mining should be banned”, he said.

Source: Ghmessenger.com