Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor has reacted to the ongoing shut down in illegal mining activities in Ghana.
According to the Minister galamsey can never be eradicated in the country.
The MP posits that the clampdown on illegal mining is not a one day event but a process and needs time for results to be manifested.
“We have not eradicated illegal small-scale mining, in fact, I am not sure that we can eradicate illegal small-scale mining. The efforts we are making is not an event it is a process, we cannot eradicate or get to a satisfactory situation in respect of illegal small-scale mining overnight”, the MP stated while speaking at a Public Accounts Committee hearing on the 2017 Auditor General’s report of MDA’s