We Flushed Out Galamseyers On Water Bodies - Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai MCE Declares
He pointed out that although he intensified education on the adverse effects of the illegal and irresponsible small scale mining activities on water bodies and forest range reserves and the environment at large in the area, the recalcitrant miners still remained doing their illegal activities in their sites.
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Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Assembly in the North-Western Region has launched a community surveillance spying operation to clear all the illegal small-scale miners out of the restricted water bodies, forest range reserves and farmlands in the area, the Municipal Chief Executive for Assembly, Mr Alfred Amoah has stated.
According to him, dozens of the military-police joint task force together with the Assembly takeforce were deployed to lakes, rivers and waterways in the municipalilty to "remove all persons and logistics involved in mining.
Speaking in an interview with this news outlet on Sunday, September 12, 2021, Mr Amoah stated that they ordered what became the largest joint military-police action against illegal miners in his areas revealing that on top of the agenda was the issue of illegal small scale mining activities in the area and that his Assembly taskforce and military men are on the grounds to flush out the miners from restricted water bodies and forest range reserves.
According to him, this was so because this municipalilty is highly endowed with natural resources thus making it a prime target for the nefarious activities of these illegal small scale miners.
Mincing no words, the MCE directed all persons involved in the activities of illegal small scale mining should leave restricted water bodies and forest range reserves else they would face his wrath.
"I want to stress that all the small scale miners in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai municipality should put their tools down and adhere to government's directives because we are working hard upon the directives of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that all the illegal small scale miners were flush out from various mining sites," the MCE warned.
He further urged all the residents in the municipality to inform the security to assist in the arrest of illegal miners.
He pointed out that although he intensified education on the adverse effects of the illegal and irresponsible small scale mining activities on water bodies and forest range reserves and the environment at large in the area, the recalcitrant miners still remained doing their illegal activities in their sites.
He said he was working closely with the Western North Regional Minister and the Western North Regional Security Council to sanitise and regularise the small scale mining industry reiterating that plans were under ways to organise the illegal miners to educate them on the adverse effect their illegal mining activities are having on the environment.
The Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai MCE pointed out that the operations of the small scale miners in the water bodies, forest range reserves and farmlands including other restricted places within the municipalilty had declined as compared to the previous years due to the security measures they had adopted to control the activities of illegal miners in the area.
He maintained that "miners are not into the restricted waters bodies, farmlands and forest range reserves again but when we overheard where they are doing the illegal activities we go there to flush out them (illegal miners) from these restricted places."
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu, Greater Accra Regional Correspondent
