Former JoyNews anchor and current Goldbod executive, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has assured Ghanaians of the government's intensified efforts to end illegal mining-popularly known as galamsey-through a balanced approach that emphasizes sustainability, regulation, and diplomacy.
Speaking in an interview on Woezor TV monitored by MyNewsGh, Schandorf relayed the commitment of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon.
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, to tackling illegal mining with urgency. "If you are a Ghanaian and you are also watching and you are concerned about when galamsey will become a thing of the past, let me convey the assurances of the Minister to you that he's working assiduously around the clock," Schandorf said. "Very soon, maybe by the grace of God, we will be having the conversation about illegal mining again-but in the past tense." However, he was quick to clarify that mining in itself is not inherently problematic. "Mining is not wrong.
The challenge has been that most of the people who indulge employ wrong approaches.
