General News of Friday, 31 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comToday in 2018: Shoot galamseyers – Deputy Speaker of ParliamentDeputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei OwusuGhana for years has battled with the activities of illegal mining known as galamsey. The anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard, which was set - up to hunt down persons who engage in the act, has experienced several challenges. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, in 2018, suggested that persons who were caught in the act be shot to serve as a deterrent to others. The task force since its composition last year has arrested some 983 illegal miners, violating the government’s ban on small-scale mining. Blaming the communities for the unending menace, Mr. Osei Owusu said, “Many of them are complicit.

Source: GhanaWeb January 31, 2020 10:30 UTC