GALAMSEY FIGHT: Government making significant progress
The Minister of State in charge of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, asserts that the government is recording significant gains in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey).
Mr. Kwakye Ofosu, also the Member of Parliament for Abura Asebu-Kwamankese, dismissed suggestions that rising turbidity levels in water bodies alone indicate the fight against illegal mining has failed.
- Turbidity is only one of several indicators used to assess progress in the galamsey fight.
- Critics are challenged to provide evidence to back their assertions that the situation has worsened under the current government.
Government will pursue kingpins
Author's summary: Government makes progress in galamsey fight.