{"id":407679,"date":"2017-08-01T08:55:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T08:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/govt-blows-ghc-50-million-on-galamsey-taskforce\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T08:55:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T08:55:30","slug":"govt-blows-ghc-50-million-on-galamsey-taskforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/govt-blows-ghc-50-million-on-galamsey-taskforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t blows GHC 50 million on Galamsey taskforce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Government of Ghana would spend a whopping amount of fifty million Ghana cedis (GHC 50 million) on the anti-galamsey task force deployed to enforce the country\u2019s laws against illegal mining.<\/p>\n

The deployment, named \u201cOperation Vanguard\u201d is to enforce the country\u2019s laws against the illegal practice which has devastated the country\u2019s land and water resources.<\/p>\n

This is a major step in the fight against the illegal activity that has affected most of Ghana\u2019s land and water resources.<\/p>\n

Many have expressed the belief that the involvement of the military in stopping illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, will achieve more results.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Adom FM\u2019s Morning Show, \u2018Dwaso Nsem\u2019 Tuesday, Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Benito Owusu Bio revealed that the government has budgeted GHC 50 million as the initial amount to be spent on the combined team of Military and Police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has estimated that an amount of GHC 50 million as the budget to be spent on the taskforce\u2026,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n

The GHC 50 million budget, he said, is an initial cost as according to him, the government will spend more if the taskforce continues to remain at the galamsey sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the initial budget because the projected amount is more than that as the taskforce would stay on if the galamseyers do not stop\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Central Government, Benito Owusu Bio said is funding the galamsey fight and that no District Assembly would be mandated to bear the cost.<\/p>\n

The deployment of the 400 combined Police-Military team, the Deputy Minister said is the second phase of the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose left are the stubborn ones who have decided not to stop galamsey and hence there was the need for the Military to intervene and sack them\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As part of efforts at combating the illegal activity, Benito Owusu Bio said the fight against glamsey would be used as a key performance indicator for Municipal and District Chief Executives in districts where galamsey is prominent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of DCEs include the fight against Galamsey because if you are a DCE, you shouldn\u2019t be able to help the government fight galamsey in your district,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

DCEs who fail to ensure this, he added, would be \u2018used as a scape goat\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Government of Ghana would spend a whopping amount of fifty million Ghana cedis (GHC 50 million) on the anti-galamsey task force deployed to enforce the country\u2019s laws against illegal mining. The deployment, named \u201cOperation Vanguard\u201d is to enforce the country\u2019s laws against the illegal practice which has devastated the country\u2019s land and water resources. 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