Accra, Jan. 17, - President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says a cabinet meeting will be held to discuss when the
ban on small scale mining would be lifted.
He said measures needs to be
intensified before the ban on small scale mining could be lifted.
“I am saying this because some
outcomes of the “galamsey” menace in the country had not addressed,” the
President stated in Accra on Wednesday.
Addressing the media at the
Flagstaff House, the President said, it was time stakeholders noted that
“galamsey” was one fight the government could not withdraw from.
Shortly after winning the 2016
general election, the President placed a six-month ban on small-scale mining,
as part of efforts to end illegal mining and its degrading effects on the
environment.
However, government extended the
moratorium on small scale mining for three more months, until 2018 January, the
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu announced in November
last year.
Mr Amewu also disclosed at the
time of the announcement that about four per cent of Ghana’s total land surface
had been degraded due to illegal mining and its related activities.
This is the second time the
President has met the press since he ascended the Presidency on January 7,
2017.
The first press conference was
held in July 2017.
GNA
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