President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has authorised the Ghana Armed Forces to commence an operation to remove all persons and logistics involved in mining from the country’s water bodies.
The operation commenced today, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 on the River Pra in the Central Region.
Two hundred officers of the Ghana Armed Forces are involved in the operations.
The Ministry of Defense and the Ghana Armed Forces are expected to provide a detailed briefing of developments on the operation on Friday, 30 April 2021.
These were contained in a statement from the Information Ministry signed by sector minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
Below is the full statement:
In furtherance of the resolutions of the final communiqué, of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining on April 14 -15, 2021 and to ensure that mining within water bodies is immediately stopped; the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorised the Ghana Armed Forces, to commence an operation, to remove all persons and logistics involved in mining from Ghana’s water bodies.
The operation commenced at 0600 hours on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 on the River Pra in the Central and Western regions of Ghana.
Two Hundred (200) officers of the Ghana Armed Forces are involved in the operation.
The Ministry of Defence and the Ghana Armed forces will provide a detailed brief of developments and sustainability efforts at 1200 hours on Friday 30th April 2021.
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