Page 38 - Small Scale Mining News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 fight against galamsey. He said chiefs must also be involved in the process of issuance of mining p...

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 stopped; the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorized the Ghana Armed Forc...

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 Government's 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 biodiversity, clean water and pollution of our soil. It is obvious that the institutional framework...

Galamsey Fight: I'm Glad You Haven't 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 FM's '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 wanted to retain power, they promised to fight galamsey and even went ahead to set a task force which...