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Graphic Online BY: Lydia Ezit 30.5k Shares 705 The planting and sale of oranges which used to provide jobs for families in and around Obuasi in the Adansi District of the Ashanti Region is no longer vibrant due to ‘galamsey’ (illegal mining) in the area. Some pioneers of the business told The Mirror that most of the orange farm owners had given out their farms to galamsey operators in exchange for huge sums of money. According to some of these farm owners, leasing orange farmlands to galamsey operators was a quick way to make money as compared to planting oranges which took many years t...

We will prioritize youth development issues---Adansi South District Assembly assures By Tanti Robert Ali 3 HOURS AGO The Adansi South District Assembly has assured the teeming youth in the area of their preparedness to engage them on pressing issues that affect them in order to deepen their participation in the local government processes. On this background, the Youth in the District are encouraged to formally table their concerns through the appropriate channel for the needed attention. Speaking at a youth dialogue on the “my voice too count campaign”, the Presiding Member of the Assem...

Illegal Miners Damage ECG Installations In Ashanti

Listen to article The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, a student of the Asare Bediako Senior High School at Obuasi, was said to have, together with an accomplice, attacked and robbed their victim of his motorbike on the road between Kwapia and Aketekyieso in the Adansi North District. He was, however, arrested by the youth of Aketekyieso when news reached the community of the robbery incident. Dakorah pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea by the...

  The expansion of the community mining scheme introduced by the government is expected to resolve the incidences of illegal small-scale mining activities in the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has said. This approach, he said, will ensure the use of safe mining operations, environmental protection as well as the reclamation of the lands after mining operations. In view of this, the Minister said his Ministry is working with all the relevant agencies including the Minerals Commission to expand the scheme. It is hoped that this will also create employm...