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The Minister for\u00a0Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini,\u00a0has decried the lack of political will which he said has allowed the rise in\u00a0illegal mining known as galamsey.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Citi TV\u2019s Politicos<\/strong>, Inusah Fuseini, also a former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and head of the anti-galamsey task-force,\u00a0said the country needed \u201cstrong will at the level of policy and at the level of implementation, to be able to deal with galamsey because it is so pervasive.”<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”vuJzZzpxA8xq714E9hG2dot47bu0fg1C”]He bemoaned the lack of action on the part of political parties and governments that “have not had the courage” noting that “if you are going to look at the political fallout, you may think that it is so dangerous to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must weigh that against the devastating effects of small scale mining and if you do the pros and cons, you would come to but one conclusion that small scale mining ought to be regulated in such a way that it becomes sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discussion about the devastating effects of illegal mining has come to the fore again following\u00a0the shutdown<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the Kyebi treatment plant and the threat of same to other treatment plants.<\/p>\n

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The River Birim which feeds the Kyebi treatment plant is in a sorry state<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is due to the galamsey-related pollution of the major sources of water for consumption in the Rivers Pra, Ankobra, Birim, Tano among others.<\/p>\n

Environmentalists have also highlighted the far-reaching health implications<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of the illegal mining activities on the average Ghanaians as pollutants make their way into the food and water meant for consumption.<\/p>\n

Enforce legislation against galamsey<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the various alerts being sounded, Inusah Fuseini, called for more enforcement to complement the legislations that have been passed in the last couple of years explicitly making illegal mining a criminal activity.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cWe ought to have followed through. We initiated a lot of legislation and those legislations have since been passed into law making illegal small scale mining a very expensive [criminal] activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn those days that I was leading the task-force, we didn\u2019t have the power to confiscate but now we do. The law even gives the minister or government the power to imprison.\u00a0So now we need enforcement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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