Government Repurposes Seized Galamsey Equipment for Farming
Rashid Tanko, CEO of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), announced that the government is repurposing seized equipment from illegal mining sites to support farmers and promote irrigation farming.
“You see, most of the excavators being confiscated have not been given back to them,” he said. “A lot of water pump machines have been taken and given to farmers. People bought those machines and sent them to water bodies to destroy them. This time we are not burning them. We give them to farmers to do irrigation farming, to feed Ghanaians.”
The approach aims to encourage food production, reduce water body destruction, and restore damaged areas affected by illegal mining activities. Author's summary: Government reuses seized mining equipment for farming purposes.