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Before the Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe had made remarkable progress in reducing child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of children in child labor decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016, representing a drop of 38 percent. But as the pandemic caused massive school closures and unprecedented loss of jobs and income for millions of families, many children have entered the workforce to help their families survive, while others have been forced to work longer hours or enter more precarious and exploitative situations. Some have become their families’ primary breadwinners after losing a caregiver to Covid-19. Some despair of ever going back to school.
Amansie Central youth Call for re-activationof Work on Abandoned Roads
The Amansie Central Youth Association (ACYA) is calling on the government to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of the district by re–activating work on abandoned roads in the area. Mr. John Ankrah, president of the association, noted at a press conference at Jacobu that the district cannot boast of a kilo meter of a well-constructed road.
He mentioned specifically that before the 2020 elections contractors were on the Jacobu to Biribiwomanmu road, Jacobu to Fiankoma road,Jacobu to Nkoduaso road and Jacobu to Esekasu road, but work has stopped on all these projects.
Several farming communities within Amansie Central and Amansie South Districts in the Ashanti Region have heaped praises on Heritage Imperial Mining Company for providing them with social amenities meant to facelift their communities.
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Heritage Imperial Mining Company has been embarking on a number of projects in communities within their catchment area to contribute to addressing pressing social and environmental problems facing these communities.
This mining company manned by Ghanaians only started full operations in 2018 after acquiring all the legal documentation in 2017 and according to the residents has been supportive to the socio-economic growth of their respective communities.
Illegal mining Task Force seizes 8 pump action guns from Kingsperp Mining
A section of the excavators at the GHEL premises
The Environmental Sustainability Taskforce instituted by the Inter Ministerial Committee on illegal mining (IMCIM) by the previous administration last Monday strayed into parts of the Ashanti region and confiscated 10 excavators, in what is suspected to an illegal operation under the pretext of saving the forests from illegal miners.
The Taskforce was officially bound for parts of the Western region but managed to invade the concession of the Kingsperp Mining Limited in an unauthorised operation.
The Taskforce, which arrived at the mining site in a vehicle with registration number CR 1199-18, belonging to the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and also a mini bus, seized 10 excavators including CAT 349EL, CAT 345DL, CAT 336DL, CAT 330DL, SANY 365, SANY 335, SANY 335, LIUGONG 936, LI