Ghana adds 400 million cedis to budget to fight illegal mining
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on StarrfmOur method
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has announced an additional 400 million cedis in the 2027 budget to recruit guards tasked with protecting waterways from illegal mining. The funding is intended to strengthen monitoring of rivers and forest reserves, the head of state said during a meeting with traditional leaders in Accra.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has announced the addition of 400 million cedis to the 2027 national budget to recruit more Blue Water Guards, officers responsible for monitoring waterways, in order to combat illegal mining and protect forest reserves. The funding was provided for by Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson, according to Starrfm.
The new resources are intended to strengthen surveillance of rivers and other bodies of water affected by galamsey, the name given in Ghana to clandestine mining. John Dramani Mahama called on traditional authorities in the Western Region to support the government’s action during a meeting at the Ghanaian presidency. The announcement comes as Ghanaian authorities step up operations against clandestine sites, including the seizure of ten excavators.
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