Galamsey fight: Mining convener gives government two weeks to end burning excavators

The burning of excavators has become dominant in the recent fight against illegal mining has become a talk of the moment.

Galamsey fight: Mining convener gives government two weeks to end burning excavators
Honourable Daniel Kwaku Mensah

The Amansie West Convener for Small Scale Miners in the area who adds as the Assemblymember for Moseaso Electoral Area, Honourable Daniel Kwaku Mensah aka DKM, and his group have given the government a two-week ultimatum to stop the burning of excavator-approach else face their wrath.

According to the angry miners, the act is unprofessionally executed by soldiers who can't differentiate between galamsey and small scale mining which has compelled most small scale miners to vacate their sites.

"Most of our members who have their legal concessions, working without a default are compelled to leave their sites due to the fact that these soldiers only go-to site, burn innocent people's excavators.

"Just look at how they burnt the New Patriotic Party women organiser's excavators without considering she was working legally without default to government's orders.

"All that these soldiers know is the burning of excavators," he said.

"You were asked to climb down on illegal miners and those who work in the forest and on water bodies, why don't you do that and stop burning innocent people's excavators?

"We call on the government to immediately change this approach from the hands of these unprofessional task force else......," he said.