Political interests must be set aside to prevent illegal mining from devastating the country’s forests, farmland and water system.
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Since then, the state has pursued high-cost interventions such as deploying soldiers in various missions to arrest illegal miners, including Operation Halt, Operation Vanguard, Operation Flush Out and Galamstop. In some instances, mining equipment like excavators were seized and burned.76 people had been convicted since August 2021, and more than 850 were facing trial over galamsey.
Key state officials, party financiers and high-ranking politicians have been named as culprits, but have not been prosecuted. The government’s own Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Miningto be mining in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve without a lease, mineral rights or permit. Although Lands and Natural Resources Minister Samuel Jinapor directed the company to stop operations, no prosecution has taken place.
An independent, non-partisan commission is needed to probe all mining companies’ leases, permits and activities to ensure their operations are legal. Transgressors must be swiftly prosecuted to demonstrate the government’s intent. To assist, the judiciary could set up special courts to adjudicate galamsey issues.
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