Terrorists may take advantage of galamsey activities in Ghana-Albert Kan Dapaah Warns

Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has warned that terrorists may take advantage of the illegal small-scale mining activities otherwise known as galamsey in the country.

The Minister explained in a Minister’s Press Briefing in Accra that the terrorists will capitalize on the revenue generated from galamsey to fund their criminal activities.

The minister cited Burkina Faso and Mali as countries where terrorists have been attracted to gold mining areas.

Kan Dapaah however assured that the Ministry has taken cognizance of the development and working hard to avert the consequences
He was giving an update on the Accra Initiative, which aims to prevent the spillover of terrorism from the Sahel and to address transnational organized crime and violent extremism in ECOWAS member countries’ border areas.

He said In Mali, in Burkina Faso, the terrorists have always been attracted to gold mining areas.

According to Kan Dapaah clearly, they try to make money from gold mining activities to undertake the criminal activities that they do.

He said the criminals may want to take advantage of galamsey activities in our country to raise money to do what they do in other countries and what they may plan to do in our country.

He said his ministry is aware of this and they they are studying it.

He said they do know what has to be done in this area, and we work hard to make sure they are not overtaken by events.

The West African sub-region has been confronted with terrorist threats, as Ghana’s neighbours Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso have suffered attacks from terror groups in recent times.

The development has compelled the government to launch the “See Something, Say Something” campaign, which is aimed at encouraging citizens to report any suspicious activity.

By uniquenewsgh.com

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