{"id":8941,"date":"2018-06-21T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8941"},"modified":"2018-06-21T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T08:37:10","slug":"dont-lift-ban-on-small-scale-mining-csir-cautions-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8941","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t lift ban on small-scale mining \u2013 CSIR cautions gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8942\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Galamsey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Galamsey.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Galamsey-410x224.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Council for Scientific and Industrial Research\u00a0(CSIR), has warned the government against lifting the ban on small-scale mining anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>It said the country\u2019s water bodies and environment are still in a bad state due to the devastating effects of<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/29\/dont-leave-galamsey-fight-to-operation-vanguard-alone-dery\/\"><strong>\u00a0illegal small-scale mining<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0still ongoing in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo earlier this week served notice of government\u2019s intention to lift the ban on illegal mining activities within the framework of a comprehensive road-map to restore sanity to the small-scale mining sector.<\/p>\n<p>Opening a two-day sensitization workshop on the elimination of illegal mining in Ghana for traditional and religious leaders as well as queen mothers in Accra on Monday, President Akufo-Addo stated that the temporary ban on galamsey was supposed to be a measure to streamline the small-scale mining sector.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_412327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-412327\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop-765x510.jpg 765w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/President-Akufo-Addo-speaks-at-the-workshop.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But according to the CSIR, lifting the ban will only worsen the situation of the country\u2019s water bodies and land resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Research Scientist at CSIR Water Research Institute, Dr. Kankam Yeboah, said the polluted water bodies must be given enough time to get back to their natural state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducate the public to see the need to stop. I won\u2019t do that as long as we still find the recalcitrant ones doing that illegal mining. You can\u2019t just lift it and say that is the end. Regeneration of this water and putting them right again is not an overnight process\u2026. Let\u2019s say you stop galamsey today, within 2 years. Once you stop, the natural system takes care of itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some small-scale miners have registered their displeasure through various means over government\u2019s extension of the ban on their operations.<\/p>\n<p>Among their concerns are the loss of revenue and joblessness.<\/p>\n<p>But the government has given the\u00a0indication it will lift the ban soon after the comprehensive strategy to permanently tackle illegal small-scale mining.<\/p>\n<p>A security task-force the government put together; Operation Vanguard, to fight small-scale miners has said it has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/04\/04\/galamsey-fight-well-put-our-success-rate-at-75-operation-vanguard\/\"><strong>achieved 75% success<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in its work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Operations of the anti-galamsey task force.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The anti-galamsey task-force was deployed to three regions; Ashanti, Western and Eastern about five months ago, to help fight and sustain the campaign against illegal mining, which was started by\u00a0Citi FM\u00a0a year ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_402377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-402377\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Operation-Vanguard.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Operation-Vanguard.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Operation-Vanguard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Operation-Vanguard-765x510.jpg 765w\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Operation Vanguard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Their operations have resulted in the arrest of illegal miners including foreign nationals, mainly Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the joint police and military task-force came as a major boost to government\u2019s fight against illegal mining in the country, following news of its devastating effects on the country\u2019s land and water resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Council for Scientific and Industrial Research\u00a0(CSIR), has warned the government against lifting the ban on small-scale mining anytime soon. It said the country\u2019s water bodies and environment are still in a bad state due to the devastating effects of\u00a0illegal small-scale mining\u00a0still ongoing in some parts of the country. President Akufo-Addo earlier this week served notice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118,117],"class_list":["post-8941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-dr-kankam-yeboah","tag-president-akufo-addo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t lift ban on small-scale mining \u2013 CSIR cautions gov\u2019t - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8941\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t lift ban on small-scale mining \u2013 CSIR cautions gov\u2019t - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0Council for Scientific and Industrial Research\u00a0(CSIR), has warned the government against lifting the ban on small-scale mining anytime soon. 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