Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Professor Nana Ama Blowne Klutse, has hinted at the agency's plans to effectively engage traditional leaders and the youth in the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
In an exclusive interview on Channel One Newsroom on Tuesday, April 1, she reiterated the EPA's ongoing collaborative efforts with sector ministries and state agencies to halt illegal mining and reclaim destroyed lands and water bodies.
Prof Klutse underscored that bringing the local communities on board will limit the impact of the menace as they can deny illegal miners access to the lands and water bodies.
She disclosed that the agency has commenced community engagements with the aim of including chiefs and the youth in the fight. "In fact we have started engaging the communities.
