{"id":307757,"date":"2017-04-04T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307757"},"modified":"2017-04-04T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:10:19","slug":"army-police-must-take-over-galamsey-fight-spio-garbrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/army-police-must-take-over-galamsey-fight-spio-garbrah\/","title":{"rendered":"Army, Police must take over galamsey fight &#8211; Spio-Garbrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Trade and Industry under the Mahama administration, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah believes the army has &#8220;a very critical role&#8221; to play in the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Point Blank<\/strong>, Dr. Spio-Garbrah asserted that law enforcement agencies must put their foot down in the fight against the menace which is ravaging\u00a0water bodies and farmlands all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a law enforcement matter because, in many countries, you just won\u2019t be able to do that [mine illegally]. So the law enforcement must put their foot down. These guys can\u2019t be shooting at the Ghana Armed Forces. We are not fighting any war as a country&#8230; I believe that the Ghana armed forces, working alongside the police, have a very critical role to play in this matter,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307707\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ekow-Spio-Gabrah-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"ekow-spio-gabrah-3\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the former Minister&#8217;s view, there is a policy problem with respect to managing small scale mining and fighting illegal mining in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking as a former board member of AngloGold Ashanti, he highlighted the\u00a0scale of the epidemic, noting that \u201cit will amaze many Ghanaians to learn that currently, there are as many as 8,000 to 10,000 illegal miners on AngloGold&#8217;s concession alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are operating underground and they are very sophisticated. They have teams, they have all kinds of expertise and they use some of the old workers to guide them in tunnels that they ought not to know much about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi FM&#8217;s #StopGalamseyNow campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Spio-Garbrah thoughts on illegal mining followed the launching of Citi FM&#8217;s\u00a0#StopGalamseyNow campaign aimed at raising awareness of the urgency of\u00a0the illegal mining situation and its consequences in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-307343 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stop-galamsey-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"stop-galamsey\" width=\"620\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The campaign makes five demands of government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The total cessation of all small and medium scale mining for a period of six months<\/li>\n<li>The cessation of the issuance of new mining licences for a year<\/li>\n<li>The reclassification of mining categories to reflect the use of new\/larger equipment<\/li>\n<li>The allowance of water bodies to regenerate their natural ecology<\/li>\n<li>Tree planting and a land reclamation project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Trade and Industry under the Mahama administration, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah believes the army has &#8220;a very critical role&#8221; to play in the fight against illegal mining. 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