A military detachment has been deployed to Wuru in the Northern Region of Ghana to combat illegal gold mining activities popularly known as Galamsey.
The Northern Regional Wildlife Manager, Joseph Binlinla, revealed this in a statement made available to African Entertainment by the Public Relations Unit of the Lands Ministry.
The statement indicated that “days after the Wildlife Regional Office wrote to draw attention to ongoing illegal mining activities in SKGK CREMA, it has been reported that a military detachment based in Tumu has been deployed to the Wuru area where they succeeded in destroying and burning down mining equipment in the area and flushing out the illegal miners.”
“However, Pido and Kayoro areas within the same widespread mining enclave have not reportedly, been tackled yet by the military,” according to the statement.
“We are not sure why these areas were seemingly left out by the military!!!! We are hoping that the military will further act to halt mining activities within the entire area, in order that the ecological integrity of that portion of the Western Corridor can be maintained,” it said.
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