General News of Tuesday, 3 February 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has disclosed that in many instances, illegal miners flee mining sites before operatives arrive, as DCEs and Assemblymen share intel with illegal miners before NAIMOS raids. Paa Kwesi Schandorf, spokesperson for NAIMOS, has attributed the compromise of intelligence to local authorities who allegedly share advance information with the miners ahead of the team’s arrival. To address the situation, the NAIMOS spokesperson indicated that the new strategy is to decentralise the fight to the local level, where local government officials will be held accountable for breaches of intelligence. Schandorf further explained that because some local government authorities are “selling information,” the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has ordered a thorough response to the issue. The operations are intelligence-led and usually kept under wraps, but where there is a need to inform a few relevant local authorities, that trust has been compromised.

Source: GhanaWeb February 03, 2026 06:10 UTC