Bishops Urge Gov’t to Equip NAIMOS, End Delays in Prosecution

NDC Urged to Welcome Criticisms on Galamsey

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Digital Centres Limited and a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dzifa Gunu, has appealed to party supporters to embrace with tolerance and humility the recent call by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference urging President John Dramani Mahama to act decisively on the menace of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. In a message to his party comrades, Gunu stressed that such interven…

Bishops urge gov’t to equip NAIMOS, end delays in prosecution

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has urged government to back its anti-galamsey commitments with stronger enforcement, accountability, and resources. While acknowledging the establishment of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) as a “positive step,” the Bishops stressed that the agency must be adequately resourced to be effective. They proposed that part of Goldbod’s proceeds be directly allocated to NAIM…