The Sanitation and Water Resources Committee of Parliament will from September 25 embark on a one-week tour of illegal mining sites in the Eastern, Western and Ashanti regions.
The tour will help the Committee assess the devastation caused to the environment and water bodies as a result of galamsey.
The Chairman of the Committee, John Oti Bless, announced the development.
“The committee has scheduled a tour to visit the various serious galamsey sites, especially on our water bodies, where the activities of the galamsey have really impacted negatively in Ashanti, Eastern and the Western regions. So on the 25th of this month, the committee is going to embark on a one-week tour of these three regions.
“It is a serious issue. Today, under this Akufo-Addo’s government, they have reduced the military to nothing. And if I take the responsibility of the military, why don’t they put the military to those areas?” he stated.
Pressure has intensified on the government to take immediate and effective action against galamsey, which continues to devastate Ghana’s natural resources and communities.
There have been calls for the declaration of national emergency amidst threats by Organised Labour to embark on a nationwide strike if decisive measures by September 30.
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