Ghana: Hold local authorities, chiefs, others responsible for surge in galamsey – Dr Manteaw

 Local authorities such as chiefs, District Chief Exec­utives and law enforcement agencies especially the police should be held liable for the surge in illegal mining (galamsey), the Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has said.

He explained that the country’s criminal code enjoined citizens especially these local authorities to report or arrest people who commit crime and that their failure to do anything about…