The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has charged the government to cut off budgetary allocation to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies where galamsey is thriving. According to the Suame legislator, this punitive measure is the surest way in the fight against illegal mining. He further argued that some chiefs benefit from the proceeds of the galamsey, that is the reason they've looked on for such activities to thrive. "Government has not been successful in its fight against galamsey. Every year the government makes provision for Common Fund to the assemblies, so any assembly encouraging galamsey activities should be denied its share of the common fund," he told the morning show host, Kwesi Parker-Wilson.

Source: GhanaWeb September 12, 2022 21:16 UTC