The Ministry Involvement In Fighting Illegal Mining Is Unnecessary- DKM
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The Ashanti regional representative hopeful of National Association of Local Authority of Ghana (NALAG) and Assembly member for Moseaso Electoral Area in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti region who is also expert in small scale mining, Hon Daniel Kwaku Mensah, popularly called DKM, has suggested that, government and the ministry for Lands and Natural Resources to stop involving military personnel in the fighting against illegal mining on river bodies but rather cease all the importation of equipments use for mining on river bodies.
According to him, it’s obvious that the practices of illegal mining activities is causing nuisance destoying our water bodies such as river Ankobra,Offin,Pra and river Densu.
He said, after banning the importation of mining equipment into the country, Police officers at various security check points should be given powers to arrest individuals moving along with such machines to various mining districts and burn them.
Speaking to some media practitioners in Kumasi, Hon Daniel Kwaku Mensah believes that, the best way to defend is to prevent the importation of machines not to place ban all mining activities in the country.
He however called on leadership of Small Scale Mining Association and traditional rulers to join forces to destroy equipment use by illegal minners in their communities.
HON Daniel Kwaku Mensah
Assembly Man For Moseaso
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