{"id":312857,"date":"2017-04-22T06:58:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312857"},"modified":"2017-04-22T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T06:58:11","slug":"we-cant-leave-galamsey-fight-for-future-generations-frimpong-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/we-cant-leave-galamsey-fight-for-future-generations-frimpong-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"We can’t leave galamsey fight for future generations – Frimpong-Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has stressed the importance of ending illegal mining in Ghana.<\/p>\n
As the fight against illegal mining intensifies, the minister assured that government will do its part and not relent on its efforts to clamp down on the menace despite the opposition.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”8BeZAFrPNSAG5HiPJN3vZhWpIbo64JQr”]In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Farida Shaibu, Prof Frimpong-Boateng acknowledged that concerns over government’s pace in the fight were legitimate.<\/p>\n But he noted that “the main operation has not yet started\u2026 we need to be very careful and we are studying why were too successful with the fight against galamsey in the past.”<\/p>\n “So we are very careful to be strategic and conscious of the fact we need to provide alternative livelihood and these are all things we are thinking about. That is why it appears we are taking a long time. Prof Frimpong-Boateng also added that “the President is concerned and he has the mandate of Ghanaians to overcome this. It cannot continue.\u201d<\/p>\n