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Sen. Conmany Wesseh Warns
River Gee County Senator, Conmany B. Wesseh, has expressed frustration over the continuous illegal gold mining activities in his county.
Gold is one of the three major mineral resources that generate revenue for the country, but illicit mining of it and diamonds has posed challenges that other lawmakers, including Rivercess Senator Wellington Geevon Smith, have raised the same concern and even invited Lands, Mines and Energy Minister Gesler Murray recently to explain the rampant illicit mining activities.
In an exclusive interview in Yekepa recently, Sen. Wesseh said the illicit mining activities by hundreds of Liberians and foreigners are not making any positive impact in the development of the county, but instead causing environmental damage. Digging pits and leaving them open without filling poses danger to the movements of people and wildlife in the forest. Moreover, mining activities cause environmental degradation and depletion of soil for far
As former VP Boakai provides motorized ferry to help avoid drownings in Cestos river
The Cestos River, the body of water after which Rivercess County begets its name, has been a point of a hindrance for residents of the county, as crossing from one end to the other is a life-threatening predicament.
Many, in fact, had reportedly drowned in the river which they have attempted crossing via raft or canoe, and the myth associated with the misfortune of those who drowned is that witchcraft activities caused their untimely deaths.
There are several instances on record of canoes capsizing in the Cestos river, resulting in loss of lives and properties.
Rivercess County Senator Wellington Geevon Smith
Rivercess County Senator, Wellington Geevon Smith, has declared that the alarming and disturbing rate of illicit mining in the country is as a result a well-crafted syndicate at the Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy. “Nobody at that Ministry of Lands and Mines can tell me that they don’t know what is going on in the interior of this country; even the security aspect of it, in most of the mining areas you have people there who have set up their own cult, their own society, “ Senator Smith disclosed.
The Senator was speaking early this week when the Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy, Mr. Gelser Elbert Murry, appeared before the Senate plenary on a communication that illicit miners, most of them Ghanaians, have been carrying out unscientific mining in the forests of Gbarpolu County and other parts of the country.
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