That would deter the people from engaging in the act to save the water bodies and the environment, he said.
Prophet Amponsah made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra.
He said: “Extreme behaviour must be met with extreme response. We are dealing with people who are determined at every point to make money without regards to human life and the environment.”
“Sometimes we need to be strong on wrongdoers. We have been pampering illegal miners for far too long and this is the time for Ghana to apply harsh measures to deter them from the act,” he said, and that burning of the excavators alone would not solve the problem.
“We should all join hands to fight the canker or we would end up importing water for baptism and other household chores,” he said.
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