The Regional Minister and the District Chief Executive in collaboration with the securities agencies in the regional embarked on operations stop to illegal mining (galasey) in the Wa West District. Some communities that were visited in the District are Dorimon, Poyetanga and Gomaale. The Illegal mining activities were identified as the cause of environmental problems such as water pollution, deforestation, poor soil fertility and limited access to land for agriculture productivity.

As a way of prudently managing the available already destroyed land, the Regional Minister and the District Chief Executive adopted a strategy to bring together the communities and hold dialogues on a zonal basis, resulting in two community dialogues at Poyetanga and Dorimon respectfully.

In addition to the dialogues, the district security council undertook a working visit to all the 3 communities to engage various stakeholders, including the community members, Chiefs, Traditional leaders, Security Councils, Assembly members, opinion leaders, among others to solicit their support to fight illegal mining.

All these meetings were fully funded by the District Assembly. The District Chife Executive also provided some funding to the Regional Security Councils to assist in the fight against galamsey.

The statement said the District also set up a Monitoring and Evaluation Team together with a Situation Room to receive reports of illegal mining for swift action.