The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has asked illegal miners who have taken over portions of lands in the border community of Sapelliga to pack their equipment and leave.
The vast land at Sapelliga, a border community in the Upper West Region has been taken over by illegal miners from both Ghana and Burkina Faso who go there to engage in galamsey without any state authority preventing them.
The Head of the Upper East REGSEC and Regional Minister, Hafiz Bin Saleh ordered the illegal miners to pack their equipment and leave the area citing the destruction of the environment and important boundary pillars.
“Please, if you want to continue operating here, do the right thing. We are going to contact the Minerals Commission so that they make this place available to prospective miners so that you would be licensed and then we give you the opportunity to operate.
“But what you are doing currently is unacceptable, it’s highly unacceptable. This is the last time that we are coming here, and this is a stern warning from the Regional Security Council, so take note and begin to pack your tools.”
source: myjoyonline
