The Minister of Interior, Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka, has issued a strong directive to security agencies across the country, calling on them to arrest anyone who attempts to interfere with ongoing anti-galamsey (illegal mining) operations, regardless of their identity or the authority they claim to represent.
Muntaka emphasised that no individual, including those who might name-drop him, should be allowed to obstruct the fight against illegal mining while speaking at the 17th Regional Commanders' Conference in Accra on Friday. "If anybody calls you to say I have asked that you should let go of this operation, please ensure that you arrest that person," Muntaka stated clearly. "If someone calls and claims to be me, let the CID take action and arrest that person.
I will not send you into the forest only to call back and ask you to exempt someone.
That will never come from me."
