The soldiers who have been deployed under the government's "Operation Halt" initiative to fight against illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) have destroyed 18 chanfans, 10 industrial water pumping machines, and one excavator in various illegal mining sites across Ghana.
This forms part of the government's measures to tackle the illicit small-scale mining menace (Galamsemy." President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had directed the Minister for Defence to deploy additional military forces to intensify the ongoing operation halt which aims to curb illegal mining activities.
The President also directed the Ministry of the Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation together with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend with immediate effect the enforcement of L.I 2462 on mining in forest reserves.
This comes after a meeting with Organsied Labour on Tuesday, October 8 after the latter had announced they would declare a nationwide strike on October 10 if government fails to take action against illegal mining.