The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has condemned the recent attack on a Citi News journalists for reporting on the activities of illegal miners in the Breman-Adomanya forest area of the Wassa Amenfi West District in the Western Region.
A statement issued by the Head of Public Relations of the Ministry, Abraham Otabil, and copied to The Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, said the activities of the illegal miners had also destroyed timber and cocoa trees, rubber farms, and polluting the nearby River Tano. "It is with great concern and outrage that we address the recent attack on journalists from Citi News by illegal miners," the statement said.
It said the brazen act of violence against media personnel who were simply performing their duty to inform the public is utterly unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms. "The attack underscores the pervasive and destructive nature of illegal mining activities in our country.
These operators not only destroy our environment, pollute our water bodies, and degrade our forests, but they also resort to violence and intimidation to protect their illicit activities.
