By Emmanuel Bamfo 
The fight against illegal mining across Ghana needs a fresh strategy before our water bodies completely disappear. Speaking during her parliamentary vetting, Environment Minister-designate Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings clearly stated that stopping galamsey requires strong inter-agency coordination.
Working in isolation has damaged national environmental efforts for far too long. Dr. Zanetor explained that security forces, environmental regulators, and local government bodies must operate as one united team to track illegal miners effectively.
The nation continues losing forest reserves and clean drinking water to unchecked illegal mining operations. Official environmental reports show that piecemeal policies only create loopholes for perpetrators to escape justice and resume destroying land elsewhere.
Community involvement plays a massive role in winning this tough environmental battle. The Minister-designate highlighted that local chiefs, district assemblies, and intelligence agencies must share real-time information to protect river bodies.
Enforcing environmental laws strictly without political bias remains our only survival strategy. Genuine inter-agency collaboration will safeguard state resources, secure public health, and preserve nature for future generations of Ghanaians.
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