Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that Government is planning to redeploy 70 excavators seized from illegal miners also known as ‘galamseyers’ to support a nationwide desilting exercise to tackle the persistent flooding in the country.
He says the equipment would be handed would be handed over to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to help clear drains and improve water flow in flood-prone communities.
The move is part of Government’s effort to strengthen flood prevention measures and enhance environmental sanitation.
Mohammed-Mubarak, who is also the Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti region, speaking on the floor on Wednesday, June10, 2026, noted that the excavators were seized during anti-galamsey operations and would now be put to productive national use.
He noted that the machinery would be deployed to various parts of the country to support ongoing drainage maintenance works.
“Currently, what we are doing is that all the seized excavators from the illegal mining activities – we agreed that about 70 of them should be given to NADMO so that they can take them across the country to do desilting.
“We will do the handover next week so that they can use them to desilt most of the drains but the bottom line is we should begin to clean our surroundings,” he disclosed.
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