And that is why it is necessary to burn stray equipment once and for all to deter repetitive destructive behaviour. The state is enforcing through burning because it must necessarily do so if it is to turn the tide in the short term whilst strengthening traditional regulatory measures in the medium to long term. As has often been repeated by H.E the President, he does not intend to stop the age old business of artisanal mining but its highly destructive modern version must necessarily be stopped with all the authority and force the state commands.
Yei nti na ɛho abɛhia sɛ ɔhye mfidie no nyinaa amono mu hɔ ara sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a saa nsɛmmɔne yi nkɔ so biom. Aban rehyɛ mfidie hye no mu kena sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛdane nneɛma ani wɔ mmerɛ tiawa mu na wahyɛ mmara a ɔde agu hɔ no mu nso kena wɔ mmerɛ tenten mu. Sɛnea Ɔmanpanin abɔ so mprɛ pii no, nnyɛ ne pɛ sɛ ɔbɛgu ɛnkanee tete fagutuo adwuma no na mmom abɛɛfo deɛ a ɛresɛe nneɛma no deɛ ɔde ɔman no tumi ne ahoɔden bɛtwa so”