General News of Friday, 19 May 2017Source: classfmonline.comGalamsey: I won’t bow to pressure – AmewuMinister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter AmewuThe Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said he will not kowtow to pressure from small-scale miners to permit them to resume operations following a freeze on their activities by government. But Mr Amewu, speaking to Class News on Friday 19 May, said he would not yield to the call on him to allow small-scale miners to go back to their site. He said attempts to return to the mining site would amount to disrespect for authority. According to him, the plea by the miners to return to the site “is not going to work”. He noted that illegal mining does not pose a threat to water bodies alone but to the forest and generally leads to the degradation of the environment.

Source: GhanaWeb May 19, 2017 13:18 UTC