International journalist Kent Mensah has waded into the ongoing public conversation about illegal mining in the country wondering why the military failed to protect the water bodies from the menace despite the resources and state backing giving them in 2021.
According to the AFP and Aljazeera correspondent, it is unfair to blame other security agencies like the Police for the failed fight against illegal mining when the military was given adequate resources and state backing to confront the menace. "What happened to the soldiers?
In 2021, the Defense Minister announced that 200 soldiers had been deployed to protect our water bodies from illegal mining (galamsey).
So what became of that effort?