The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, , has officially outdoored the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS).
The intelligent-led Secretariat was outdoored as the central authority for initiating, coordinating and supervising all mining raids and swoops, as part of efforts to combat galamsey.
At a brief ceremony on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the sector minister stressed that NAIMOS is the only mandated outfit with exclusive jurisdiction to oversee all anti-illegal mining operations across all sixteen regions within the country.
According to him, it is important for a centralised unit to harmonise anti-galamsey operations, thus the need to outdoor NAIMOS, which has been embarking on many successful operations within the country.
