{"id":610334,"date":"2019-04-26T05:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T05:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Dailyguidenetwork.com<\/p>\n2019-04-26\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/3"},"modified":"2019-04-26T05:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T05:07:34","slug":"fight-against-galamsey-not-failing-government-tells-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/26\/fight-against-galamsey-not-failing-government-tells-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight against galamsey not failing \u2013 Government tells NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Dailyguidenetwork.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/37785059.295.jpg\" alt=\"Galamseyors Mining Foto\" title=\"Galamseyors Mining Foto\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Galamsey operators (File photo)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Government has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the galamsey fight is becoming a charade.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, says the opposition\u2019s claim is unwarranted.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that government remains committed to the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>He was addressing journalists at the Information Ministry on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Outlining some achievements made in the fight against illegal mining, he says specifically the fight has yielded results observable along various parameters.<\/p>\n<p>These includes the confiscation of excavators nationwide and the banning of further importation of new excavators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe openly visible illegal mining operations nationwide are no longer witnessed,\u201dhe adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough some miscreants are believed to be still operating in far off forests, they continue to be pursued by the joint security teams regularly,\u201d he indicates.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that \u201cthe regular reports of galamsey deaths visible on the media landscape are now a thing of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, he explains that he low safety standards generally associated with galamsey would have meant that if the fight had been unsuccessful, the rule of thumb will be the continued reports of deaths in galamsey pits regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has seized signaling that the foundation activity has been significantly quelled,\u201dhe says.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cit is therefore unwarranted for anyone to describe the fight against galamsey as a failed one and a betrayal of the trust of the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says \u201cthe converse is rather the fact on the ground and the Government will continue to rely on the support of the public to deal with this menace that threatens the survival of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 26 April 2019 Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com 2019-04-26 Galamsey operators (File photo) Government has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the galamsey fight is becoming a charade. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, says the opposition\u2019s claim is unwarranted. He explained that government remains committed to the fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fight against galamsey not failing \u2013 Government tells NDC - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/26\/fight-against-galamsey-not-failing-government-tells-ndc\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Fight against galamsey not failing \u2013 Government tells NDC - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Friday, 26 April 2019 Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com 2019-04-26 Galamsey operators (File photo) Government has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the galamsey fight is becoming a charade. 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