Galamsey operators exploiting cooperative mining scheme to destroy communities – Erastus Asare Donkor

Award-winning JoyNews environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has alleged that some illegal miners are exploiting the government's cooperative mining scheme as a cover to continue destructive mining activities in parts of the country.

The environmental journalist, who has extensively reported on the impact of illegal mining, called for stronger oversight of the cooperative mining programme to ensure it is not exploited by individuals engaged in galamsey.

The very reason why these people had to die was so that we could set up a cooperative mining scheme that is doing sustainable mining.