Tag Archives: EXCAVATORS

South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor has asked Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor to account for some excavators he seized which allegedly went missing According to Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Lands minister has to answer questions in regard to illegal mining activities across the …

The Police through days of intelligence operations yesterday 6th September 2022 retrieved one of the excavators that was reported missing from Ellembelle in the Western Region. A team of operations and intelligence officers working day and night discovered the missing excavator several kilometers into a forest within the Ellembelle District. …

News last week emerged about some seized excavators going missing in Ellembelle. The excavators were part of equipment discovered by the District Chief Executive for Ellembelle, Kwesi Bonzoh, who doubles as the Chairman of the District Security Council (DISEC) during his tour of a portion of land belonging to the …

The Western Regional Police Command is investigating the District Chief Executive of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzoh, his personal assistant and one other over some missing excavators which were used by illegal miners in Nkroful. In a statement issued by the Police Service and signed by the Head of Public Affairs at …

Armed Military personnel believed to be members of the anti-galamsey task force have allegedly set ablaze four excavators parked at a private residence of a man believed to be small-scale miner. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 at Ntobronso, a Community in the Nkawie District of the Ashanti …

Some houses and structures at Ntoboroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region have been burnt after the anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Halt II team set ablaze some excavators parked in the community. The incident occurred today, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 during the operation of the task force in …

• Illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey has left most water bodies mud-spattered • Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered for the burning of seized mining equipment as a deterrent • The Head of European Union, Diana Acconcia backs this directive from government  Following several controversies surrounding the burning of mining …

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, says the burning of excavators by the military task force clamping down on illegal mining is disheartening but a necessary evil in the fight against the canker. He said illegal mining is a threat to the environment, agriculture and sustainable development and therefore must …

Some Chiefs in the Central region have urged the government to stop burning their excavators and rather use them to fix the deplorable roads in the region. According to the Chiefs, the burning of excavators seized by the anti-galamsey taskforce won’t solve the galamsey menace the country is facing. Speaking …

  Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has reiterated that all machines seized in the ongoing exercise to clamp down on illegal mining would be destroyed. Concerns have been raised over the decision by the task force to burn excavators and machines seized. A private legal practitioner, Mr Bobby Banson has said it will …