Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso has been suspended by the Akufo-Addo for his alleged involvement in galamsey. The decision follows a leaked audio that implicates the District Chief Executive encouraging illegal mining activities in his district. In a letter communicating the …

The King of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu has questioned why his chiefs have sat aloof and watched their lands and water bodies destroyed by illegal miners. He says they cannot be exempted from the blame because they have the authority to protect the lands and water bodies for …

    Dear OccupyGhana, I am in love with your consistent advocacy for illegal mining to be halted in Ghana to safeguard our water bodies and forests. I have been reading your weekly epistles to His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo religiously. What I also like about your constant reminders …

A Deputy Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar has indicated that kidney and liver diseases are increasing in some parts of the country especially in mining areas due to the impacts of illegal small scale mining (Galamsey). In her view, the country needs a proactive response to the galamsey menace. Speaking …

A lower six pupil of the Alpha Beta Education Centre at Dansoman has written an open letter to President Akufo-Addo, asking him to take desperate actions to end the illegal mining menace in the country. The 17-year-old Ruth Abotsi observed that failure of the President to take immediate practical actions in dealing with …

A chief in the Western Region has alleged that the regional minister, a Member of Parliament and a Municipal Chief Executive in his jurisdiction are into illegal small-scale mining, galamsey. Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV, the Dompim-Pepesa chief, told the media on Monday, October 10, 2022, that he had incontrovertible evidence …

Chairman of the African Coconut Group, David Korboe, has urged government to reclaim galamsey lands for coconut production. According to him, coconut from Ghana is in high demand globally, therefore the need to reclaim adequate lands to meeting growing demands is crucial. Mr. Korboe made the call at the second …

The former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, under President Akufo-Addo, Charles Bissue, has dared renowned investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, to publish the second part of his exposé on illegal small-scale mining ‘galamsey’. Charles Bissue’s call comes after Anas Aremeyaw Anas insisted that his 2019 documentary dubbed “galamsey fraud part …

  By Nans Kweku Ofori Atta Is it appropriate and wise enough to suggest to government to declare a state of emergency to the military with a specific directive to shoot any person at any illegal mining (galamsey) site? Is that the right way to go as a nation? What …

A 47-year-old Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasie D/A Junior High School in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region has died after he fell into a mining pit. Officials say Akwasi Anane had embarked on a routine trip to his mining concession at about 9 p.m., on Tuesday (October 4) …