The President of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has said the ongoing National Consultative Forum on small scale Mining in Accra is an indication that the momentum in fighting the social canker failed.
“The fight against galamsey is achievable given what we saw in the past. The dialogue is an open admission that we were doing well but we failed the momentum so there’s the need to be more tenacious,” he told Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday.
The National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, which will end today, April 15, 2021, is expected to come out with a communiqué on the solution to the illegal mining menace.
The forum has been a two-day roundtable discussion on challenges confronting the small-scale mining sector.
It has had inputs from key mining experts, the Small-Scale Mining Association, the Coalition of Civil Society Against Illegal Small-Scale Mining, among others.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo says he will not punish his appointees in the fight against illegal mining in the country based on hearsay.
“I am determined to enforce the laws on illegal mining no matter the subject, high or low. I will, however, not act on hearsay or mere allegations without more. I will not hesitate to act though where the evidence is hard before the police.
“And I will do so irrespective of the standing of the person or persons involved. That is the true meaning of equality before the law,” he said.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
