The Vice President of Ghana, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has commissioned the Members of Parliament, particularly those from mining areas, to make their presence felt urgently in the government's renewed fight against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey.
Delivering the keynote address at the Parliamentarians Conference on Restoring the Culture of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana, Professor Opoku-Agyemang tasked the parliamentarians to recognize their role as key stakeholders in the fight against the menace and provide able support to the government.
With Ghana's three river basins, forty-four forest reserves, and water bodies being destroyed by indiscriminate mining activities, Vice President Professor Opoku-Agyemang has restated the urgency of the situation and called Ghanaian parliamentarians to action.
Commending the new Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Hon.
