General News of Thursday, 6 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMinister for Environment, Technology and Innovation, has justified the burning of excavators on the spot when security officials deployed to combat illegal small scale mining - galamsey - seized the equipment. Using the excavators for other projects is where the corruption starts,” he said. He added that burning the excavators will also curb the incidence of people going to court to injunct the disposal of seized equipment. I have advised the government to destroy [the excavators] on site and let the owners take the government to court. Security personnel deployed to combat galamsey particularly on Ghana’s water bodies have recently seized excavators with some videos on social media showing them being burnt on the spot.

Source: GhanaWeb May 06, 2021 10:52 UTC