Security services get full support to flush out illegal miners

President John Mahama has assured the security agencies of adequate support to flush out illegal miners across the country.

According to President Mahama, he will support the security task force to move out all illegal miners in the country.

“I am going to support the security task force working to clear the miners, and I want to warn those foreigners and their local collaborators that we are going to chase them out”, President Mahama warned after a visit to the Daboase Water Treatment Plant in the Mpohor Wassa East District of the Western Region and a meeting with family members of a naval officer who lost his life chasing galamsey operators in the Pra River.

The Daboase intake point of the Daboase treatment plant has been heavily polluted and silted by the activities of illegal miners, and  instead of an expected six million gallons of water, the treatment plant currently supplies less than 2.5 million gallons.

The President urged the task force to intensify its work to bring to book persons engaged in galamsey activities.

According to him, foreigners are not allowed to engage in small-scale mining, warning that the law must appropriately deal with any foreigner caught.

He also tasked the commanders of the security agencies to ensure that personnel are provided with the appropriate protective and safety gear when embarking on such operations.

By Ekow Quandzie