{"id":699309,"date":"2019-09-05T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/minister-charges-mmdces-to-stop-galamsey\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:41:53","slug":"minister-charges-mmdces-to-stop-galamsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/minister-charges-mmdces-to-stop-galamsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Charges MMDCES To Stop Galamsey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n

Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has bemoaned the fact that illegal mining activities, also called galamsey, are still ongoing in certain parts of the region in spite of the government\u2019s effort to curb the menace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGalamsey
\nactivities have still not stopped in the Tarkwa, Wassa Akropong, Mpohor, Wassa
\nManso areas of this region to the extent that a galamsey mining pit caved in
\nand killed six operators at Wassa Manso in the Mpohor District last Thursday,\u201d
\nhe disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He, therefore,
\ncharged all the metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs)
\nin the region to ensure that they enforce the by-laws to stop galamsey
\nactivities in their respective areas without any further delay.<\/p>\n

Mr. Darko-Mensah
\nsaid the assemblies should rather collaborate with the chiefs, the anti-illegal
\nmining taskforce, the Operation Vanguard team and the Minerals Commission to
\nsee to the effective implementation of the community mining scheme in their
\nmining communities, so that there would be responsible and sustainable mining
\nin the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1D1F<\/strong><\/p>\n

He pointed out
\nthat the \u2018One District One Factory\u2019 secretariat had approved 24 projects to be
\nrolled out in the MMDAs, with major success story being the KEDA Ceramics
\nFactory in the Shama District.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Free SHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added that
\nthe Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is not only a game-changer so far as
\nadvancement of the nation is concerned, but also \u201can equalising factor in the
\nsocial setting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Darko-Mensah
\nmentioned that to help ease pressure on the existing facilities due to the
\nincreased enrolment, government under the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has
\nawarded a total of 28 school projects made up of 11 dormitories, 14 classroom
\nblocks, a dining hall and two toilet facilities across the region.<\/p>\n

Kidnapped Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

The minister
\ntold the participants that the issue of the kidnapped girls in the Sekondi-Takoradi
\nMetropolis remains a top security priority for the Regional Coordinating
\nCouncil (RCC).\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to
\nhim, but for the kidnapping of the three girls and the attack on the Omanhene
\nof Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwasi Agyemang IX, the security situation in the region
\nwould have been described as calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Regional
\nSecurity Council (REGSEC) and the security services are, therefore,
\nrelentlessly at work to locate the whereabouts of the kidnapped girls and to
\nhopefully re-unite them with their families,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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