{"id":8617,"date":"2026-10-14T07:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8617"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:06:04","slug":"mahama-appeals-to-chiefs-to-support-galamsey-fight-warns-of-resistance-to-naimos-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8617","title":{"rendered":"Mahama appeals to chiefs to support galamsey fight, warns of resistance to NAIMOS operations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The President said the cooperation of chiefs was critical to the success of the campaign, given their close relationship with residents and their influence in areas where illegal mining persists. He called for stronger collaboration between the government, traditional authorities, and security agencies to address the environmental and security challenges linked to illegal mining.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The President said the cooperation of chiefs was critical to the success of the campaign, given their close relationship with residents and their influence in areas where illegal mining persists. He called for stronger collaboration between the government, traditional authorities, and security agencies to address the environmental and security challenges linked to illegal mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t