He also accused the government of being insensitive to their plight
Mr. Osei told Citi News: “we have come to realise that the government is not clear with us. It is not being fair with us and it is putting us in a hard situation. That is why we have decided to demonstrate.”
“We will be having it [the demonstration] in Kumasi so all the members that are in the mining sector will travel to the Ashanti Region for the demonstration,” he added.
In September 2017, some small-scale miners in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, staged a demonstration against the ban.
Vetting of miners
The last development from the government end of things saw it begin the vetting of small-scale miners in September.
This was part of road-map towards the lifting of the ban on all forms of small-scale mining in the country.
The process also forms part of efforts to sanitize the country’s mining industry and ensure that persons engaged in the commercial activity do so in a responsible, environmentally-friendly and sustainable manner.
The road-map involves the reclaiming and re-afforestation of mined-out areas; the restoration of impacted water bodies; and strict supervision of the processes of awarding mining licenses and associated permits to deal with illegal mining.
-citinewsroom.com
