Ghana: Veep outlines solution to galamsey menace

The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Maha­mudu Bawumia, underscored the need to reinforce the mining regulations to sanitise the sector.

He said the issue of illegal min­ing, otherwise known as galamsey, needed a holistic review and that it had been extensively captured in the Party’s 2024 Election Mani­festo.

Therefore, his government would provide funding to the Ghana Geological Survey Author­ity to conduct surveys in identified mining belts across the…