Through its National Boundary Commission, the government of Cote d’Ivoire has teamed up with Ghana’s Boundary Commission to fight the country’s widespread illegal mining practise known as galamsey.
Major General Emmanuel Kotia, the National Coordinator of the Ghana Boundary Commission, said in a Joy News report that the heavy pollution of the river Tano, which acts as a border between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, has alarmed authorities in both countries, prompting the call for cooperation in the fight against galamsey.
“What the National Boundary Commission of Cote d’Ivoire has offered us, is that they are ready to give us the intelligence to assist in the illegal mining effort along the Tano because it is also affecting them.
“There is a need for collaboration between the two of us because these river bodies serve as boundaries between the two countries,” he said.
However, the Cote d’Ivoire National Boundary Commission has stated that they are willing to cooperate with Ghana in order to develop ways to counter mining operations near the Tano River.
