 Benway State Government Tax Force on Illegal Mining has lamented the damage illegal miners had done to the environment, saying it would take many years for the state to recover from such damage. Dr. Kamford Adadu, who chairs the State Tax Force on Illegal Mining, stated this while carrying out environmental impact assessment and enforcement compliance with community development agreement by licensed mining companies operating in the state. The chairperson further called on genuine investors who are willing to invest in the energy and mineral sector of the economy to approach the state through late-down processes, maintaining that the government is interested in making the state attractive for investors by de-risking investment flow. Our correspondent Francis Thayer reports that residents and communities across the state have continued to protest against the activities of the illegal miners that are degrading their farmlands and called on the government to intervene to stop further damage to the environment. To this end, the governor of Benway State Reverend Father High Centre, Leah, has ordered for the stoppage of illegal mining and logging activities in the state, saying his administration will not tolerate it. The holes are covered. They will still remain the same as it used to be. So we hope that the more of the EIE submitted and some of the CDEs, which we can see for ourselves that are not implemented, we ensure that they are implemented. Those who come and collected are the rank from us by giving us 30,000, 50,000 like that. So later on it has come as they achieve what they have got, the levels with the deepest, deep. Before then, while people were signing an agreement with them, they said that before they start work, they must construct a road leading to their village and give them a borehole and solar rights. No, they didn't do anything, anything among it. For now, whichever miner that comes here, I always demand to see the clarins that come here and so they are given. And this let me know that this company has passed through the state government and the creative. Any illegal miners and logins that are going on in Benway must stop, as I say this, the empty time. Any truck found any place within the state with our property must duly be fully certified by the federal government and the state. The other is out there, so bio-letters must be conscious now and be aware.