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1,290 Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has made a clarion call to all miners in the region to bring their mining leases to the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to ensure responsible mining practices. This move is aimed at preventing mining in forest reserves and water bodies, as well as holding accountable those who fail […]
717 In a swift response to allegations of insanitary conditions, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Environmental Health Officers in Kumasi have shut down the Kenkey Mill opposite Adehyeɛ Market, effective immediately. The decision follows a joint assessment of the premises on Thursday, February 20, 2025, which revealed violations of Section 52 of the […]
831 By: Dr Enoch Kusi-Yeboah The study was motivated by reports indicating a decline in the mining sector’s productivity. The McKinsey Productivity Index (2020) reported a 28% drop in performance over a decade, and the World Bank (2020) highlighted an annual decline of 3.5%. Similar trends were observed in leading mining economies like South Africa, […]
590 Ghana’s Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Murtala Mohammed, has vowed to take tough action against those responsible for illegal mining, also known as galamsey. Speaking during his first official visit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Minister Mohammed emphasized that his ministry will not go easy on those found guilty, regardless […]
741 The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has issued a one-month ultimatum to owners of excavators and mining equipment operating along the banks of the Birim River to remove their machinery from the area or face confiscation. This directive comes after a report from the Ghana Water Company Limited revealed a high level of turbidity […]
789 The ministry of sanitation has been asked to enforce the law guiding sanitation and to make sure all houses in Ghana have toilet facilities. Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, former constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party in Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti region who made the suggestion further indicated,public toilets are for strangers […]
943 A pathologist and researcher at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Paul Osei Sampene, has warned about the devastating impact of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, on child development. According to him, galamsey can cause child deformity during birth, affecting both the mother’s and father’s reproductive health. Speaking on […]
984 Mr. Kingsford Addai, Governing Council Member of National Disaster Management Organization(NADMO) together with Member of the Ashanti Regional Forestry Commission in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District , Mr. Kofi Arhin are calling for immediate action to halt the encroachment of forest reserves around the Barekese Dam. The encroachment, they have indicated, poses a serious […]
960 Dr. Adu Gyamfi ,Chief Executive Officer of Medimafo Herbal Clinic , is alarmed at the heavy metal concentrates found in herbs sourced from mining areas. Already, some herbs and plants used as medicine are going extinct due to deforestation, mainly caused by illegal miners. Dr Time Daso, affectionately called,observed, growth in the herbal industry […]
1,031 The Ghana Scholarly Society (GSS) expresses its profound concern over the escalating degradation of our nation’s water bodies due to the rampant activities of illegal small-scale mining, known as “galamsey.” This environmental crisis threatens the very survival of our natural resources and the health of millions of Ghanaians. Recent reports, including from the BBC, […]