The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has vowed to root out the canker of illegal mining in his constituency.
According to the MP, the interventions put in place will position the constituency to serve as a benchmark for the fight against galamsey.
Dr Kingsley Agyemang, who is unhappy with the massive destruction of the water bodies and some of its forest reserves within the constituency, organised a bi-partisan stakeholder's engagement with the leadership of both the NPP and NDC to agree on the roadmap toward eliminating illegal mining in the area. "There was a bi-partisan stakeholder's engagement with constituency executives of both the NPP and NDC and there was an agreement between the two parties that we need to deal or solve the issue of galamsey in the constituency.
The leadership of the party resolved that any party member involved in galamsey would not be freed if arrested," he sated.
