The government has established an inter-ministerial committee to engage all stakeholders to assess its effort in tackling the illegal mining menace in Ghana.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Information disclosed that the five-member committee will be chaired by the National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah.

Other members of the committee are the Minister for Lands and Natural Resource, Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, Employment and Labour Minister Ignatius Baffour Awuah and Minister for Information Fatimatu Abubakar.