{"id":115112,"date":"2026-02-12T19:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=115112"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:26:56","slug":"a-tax-for-galamsey-govt-shouldve-been-more-decisive-daryl-bosu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=115112","title":{"rendered":"A Tax for Galamsey: Gov\u2019t should\u2019ve been more decisive \u2013 Daryl Bosu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Deputy National Director of A Rocha Ghana, Daryl Bosu, has criticised the government\u2019s response to the JoyNews Hotline Documentary expos\u00e9 implicating some district assemblies in mining communities allegedly collecting fees from operators of banned mining equipment, a practice described as a \u201cgalamsey tax\u201d system.<\/p>\n

According to him, the government should have acted more decisively and promptly to deal with the alleged complicity of local government structures in illegal mining.<\/p>\n

Speaking on\u00a0JoyNews\u2019 <\/strong>National Dialogue\u00a0on Illegal Mining on Thursday, February 12, Mr Bosu criticised the government\u2019s pace of response, arguing that the seriousness of the revelations required swift and firm action.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the government should have been more decisive and prompt in terms of action, rather than taking all this time before acting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Bosu described the situation as deeply troubling, warning that the actions of some district assemblies represent a direct challenge to national efforts to fight illegal mining.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what we are seeing is a clear case of local government really saying that every instruction, every procedure, every action the state is taking to deal with galamsey does not concern them. They are going to push it at their local level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He explained that the alleged collection of fees and issuance of stickers by district assemblies to operators of banned mining equipment amounts to a direct assault on national anti-galamsey efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s an affront on national action today with galamsey, and this is very troubling. I even call for further investigation beyond this particular district assembly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be that there\u2019s a deep-seated, systematic problem where the assemblies themselves are facilitating galamsey, which is clearly against the laws of the land, particularly Act 995,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Mr Bosu said that while the public has long known about the involvement of individuals in facilitating illegal mining through the movement of excavators, fuel supply, and logistics, the alleged institutional involvement of district assemblies marks a dangerous escalation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that certain individuals on the ground have for a long time been facilitating the movement of excavators, the supply of fuel and other logistics. But to this extent, where the district assemblies themselves give stickers to enable illegal actions, this is clearly not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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