{"id":10328,"date":"2025-03-21T16:15:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:15:42","slug":"igp-declares-an-all-out-war-orders-regional-commanders-to-tackle-illegal-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=10328","title":{"rendered":"IGP declares an all-out war, orders Regional Commanders to tackle illegal mining"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has declared an all-out war on illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” saying it poses a serious threat to national security and the environment.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Regional Police Commanders’ Conference, COP Yohuno addressed the growing crisis of illegal mining, particularly in the Western North region.<\/p>\n

He revealed that armed criminals, linked to illegal mining operations, have carried out brutal attacks on innocent civilians, including forest guards, without justification.<\/p>\n

“This lawlessness must not be allowed to continue” he said.<\/p>\n

Given the escalating violence and environmental damage caused by illegal mining, COP Yohunu stressed that urgent action was needed to combat the problem.<\/p>\n

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He called on Regional Commanders to intensify their efforts and adopt a coordinated approach to tackle the crisis.<\/p>\n

“We are declaring war on illegal mining, and I expect every regional commander to take decisive action, to bring perpetrators to justice,” he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The\u00a0Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has declared an all-out war on illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” saying it poses a serious threat to national security and the environment. Speaking at the Regional Police Commanders’ Conference, COP Yohuno addressed the growing crisis of illegal mining, particularly in the Western North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,41,18,386],"tags":[242,3296],"class_list":["post-10328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fish-tv","category-general-news","category-politics","category-security","tag-ghana-police","tag-igp-christian-tetteh-yohuno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10331,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions\/10331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}