Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Damongo has said that illegal mining commonly known as galamsey cannot be eradicated.
According to him, the ongoing fight is a process and not an event so results will take time to manifest.
He made this assertion when answering questions at a Public Accounts Committee hearing on the 2017 Auditor General’s report of MDAs, the minister, however, argued the current fight has recorded notable results.
“We have not eradicated illegal small-scale mining I am not sure that we can eradicate illegal small-scale mining. The efforts we are making is not an event it is a process, we cannot eradicate or get to a satisfactory situation in respect of illegal small-scale mining overnight.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
