The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, has issued a one-month ultimatum for the government to deal with illegal mining activities.
The traditional leader, who is also a High Court judge, said failure on the part of the government in dealing with the problem will force them to reclaim their lands.
He said this when the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) paid a courtesy call on as part of his campaign tour of the region.
“We are giving the current government one month to employ legal methods to stop those involved in the Galamsey. The government should send police and soldiers into the jungles to stop them.
“If the government fails to do this, the land is ours, we will just reclaim it and we won’t allow any sort of mining to take place,” he reportedly stated.
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
