A masked galamseyer has exposed Chiefs, Politicians, and prominent people for their involvement in illegal mining commonly known as galamsey.
According to the masked galamseyer, he started doing illegal mining due to poverty.
Speaking on the TV3 AGENDA program, the masked galamseyer said, “Most lands we are destroying, Chiefs, politicians, and sometimes prominent people in the society are also part of it”.
“I worked for a politician who is now standing to become an MP, these are the people involved in galamsey”, he added.
The masked galamseyer also revealed that officials from the Ghana Forestry Commission take bribes from illegal miners, stating, “So sometimes the forestry will follow the polluted water, and they come to collect something. Sometimes they leave their number and every week we send them something. We send them Ghc600 every week. So, when the forestry commission (officers)come and you sort them out, they will leave you to work, so every week you give their part”.
In a press statement dated October 9, 2024, President Akufo-Addo directed the Minister for Defense to deploy additional military forces to intensify the ongoing “Operation Halt”, which aims to curb illegal mining activities.
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Carlos (not his real name) has stated that personnel from the Forestry Commission take GHc 600 every week as bribes to allow illegal miners to operate.#Agenda #StopGalamseyNow pic.twitter.com/OiuoG3jOUM
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) October 15, 2024
