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Asantehene to open Regional Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining LISTEN MAY 11, 2021 Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will on Wednesday, May 12, open the first Ashanti Regional Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining in Kumasi. The Regional Dialogue follows the recently held National Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining in Accra from April 14 to 15, 2021, which was opened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Re...

  The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will on Wednesday, May 12, open the first Ashanti Regional Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining in Kumasi. The Regional Dialogue follows the recently held National Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining in Accra from April 14 to 15, 2021, which was opened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources said the objective of the dialogue was to decentralise the stakeholder consulta...

  The Ghana Armed Forces on Friday deployed 400 soldiers of all ranks to begin the second phase of Operation Halt to rid the countrys water bodies of illegal miners. The operation is aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in mining on the water bodies. In a statement signed and issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in Accra on Friday, said the second phase of the exercise would focus on the tributaries of Pra River, which were significantly affected by the activiti...

  The Ghana Armed Forces on Friday deployed 400 soldiers of all ranks to begin the second phase of Operation Halt to rid the countrys water bodies of illegal miners. The operation is aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in mining on the water bodies. In a statement signed and issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in Accra on Friday, said the second phase of the exercise would focus on the tributaries of Pra River, which were significantly affected by the activiti...

Bernard Allotey Jacobs has charged all Ghanaians to join the battle against illegal miners in the country. Illegal miners activities have destroyed the countrys forest reserves, waterbodies and the communities they operate. As a result, there are incessant calls for action to be taken against illegal mining, also called galamsey. The President has deployed 200 soldiers to remove all persons and mining logistics from Ghana’s waterbodies. The operation started on River Pra in the Central and ...

Involve chiefs in galamsey fight – Otumfuo to govt LISTEN 6 HOURS AGO Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is urging government to ensure greater involvement of chiefs in the fight against illegal mining. The Asantehene says the seeming neglect of chiefs in the fight may have resulted in its failure hence the need to do things differently. Speaking at the Manhyia Palace after some officials of the Minerals Commissions called on him, the Asantehene says chiefs must be made to play a role in the ...

Sammi Awuku has advised the troops deployed to the mining areas not to abuse their power. Two hundred (200) officers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been sent with specific order to remove all persons engaging in illegal mining. A statement issued by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah read; In furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique, of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining on April 14 -15, 2021 and to ensure that mining within water bodies is immediately stoppe...

Govt not thinking outside the box in galamsey fight — Xavier Sosu LISTEN 3 HOURS AGO The fight against galamsey is assuming a wrong turn due to Governments own past failures in the fight. As a people, we must be worried because the havoc caused by galamsey activities is life-threatening and has the potential to endanger the collective future that we all envisage. The activities of galamseyers are gradually leading to very serious irredeemable environmental situations which include loss of b...

Galamsey Fight: Im Glad You Havent Retreated - Kabila Praises Prez Akufo-Addo

  A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor, has asked the government to be more serious with the fight against galamsey activities  He wants the government to put in place pragmatic measures having decided to take up the galamsey fight once again. Speaking on Okay FMs Ade Akye Abia program, he advised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to consult the NDC if they lack ideas and proposals to fight the galamsey menace. " When the NPP government want...