The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has launched a four-day training for the first batch of 460 Blue Water Guards expected to provide 24-hour monitoring and prevention of the ongoing devastation of water bodies due to illegal mining.
This forms part of the government's flagship Blue Water Initiative policy to restore polluted water resources.
Speaking at the event, Armah-Kofi Buah emphasised that the Blue Water Guards will act as vigilant stewards of the country's water resources from the harmful effects of illegal mining activities.
He added that 2,000 Blue Water Guards will soon be trained and deployed across the country. "The imperative for urgent action has never been more pressing and the term they use is 'the urgency is now.' People don't want us to say it but this is a crisis of our lifetime. "At the heart of why we are here is the Big Water Initiative.
