Ghana: At Confab On Proper Small Scale Mining – Mining Must Not Be Destructive! …Veep Asserts

The Vice President, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says there is pressing need for collective action to curb illegal mining in the country.

According to her, illegal mining was destroying the country’s water bodies, arable lands and forest, threatening the livelihoods of many communities that depend on these natural resources.

Opening the maiden Parliamentarians’ Conference on Restoring the Culture of Proper Small-scale Mining in Ghana, she said government alone could not fight illegal mining and…