GALAMSEY WAR: SOLDIERS TO GUARD 44 HOTSPOTS AND WATER BODIES PERMANENTLY – Kwakye Ofosu

Nkonkonsa.comSeptember 17, 2025

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Felix Kwakye Ofosu, MP for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has unveiled a new government plan to intensify the battle against galamsey, or illicit mining.

The action was taken in response to calls for the declaration of a state of emergency and growing public concern over the depletion of the nation’s natural resources.

However, President John Dramani Mahama has insisted—a stance that has garnered a lot of criticism—that such a pronouncement is not essential at this time.

In an interview, Mr Kwakye Ofosu revealed that the new strategy will see a permanent military deployment in all areas under threat from galamsey activities.“All the 44 areas that are threatened by galamsey, there is going to be a permanent military presence,” he disclosed in an interview with Channel One TV.

He explained that this marks a departure from previous approaches, where security forces conducted short-term operations and withdrew after a crackdown.“In the past, they would go and flush out the characters engaged i galamsey and then leave, but now they will have a permanent military presence,” he stated.

The minister added that the nation’s water bodies would also be protected as part of this plan.

“All the rivers we have will have a permanent military presence,” he added.

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