Tag Archives: galamsey

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Minister for Environment, Science, Tech and Innovation, Prof Frimpong Boateng A visibly frustrated and angry Minister for Environment and Science, Technology and Innovation Prof. Frimpong Boateng shocked a group of reporters in Parliament on Thursday after he walked out on them following attempts to get him …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     President Nana Akufo-Addo has appealed to the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining to continue to support government’s fight against galamsey, regardless of the challenges associated with the fight. Since assuming office in 2016, the Akufo-Addo-led administration began a fight to curb illegal mining. Almost 4,000 …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The anti-galamsey force has confirmed the arrest of five persons in relation to illegal mining at Akwatia in the Eastern Region. Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsnite Wednesday, the leader of the Special Monitoring, Evacuation and Operation Team of Operation Vanguard, Nana Yaw Boadu confirmed the arrested persons were affiliated …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama says rivers polluted by galamsey activities cannot be made clean within a year. She said with the level of pollution seen in some water bodies, it will take more than a year to make them clean and safe for …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lashed out at former president John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for thwarting the efforts of government in the fight against galamsey. According to the party, galamsey, which largely affected water bodies under the Mahama …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Alliance for social Equity and Public Accountability ASEPA has today 18th February, 2020 officially petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor on the Alleged Thievery and Corruption in the Fight Against Illegal Mining. The Petition was officially recieved by Lawyer Martin Amidu which was sighted …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     In spite of the setbacks and controversy surrounding the fight against illegal mining (galamsey), government over the weekend donated some 10 speedboats to authorities in the Nzema Municipality and Shama District in the Western in furtherance of the fight against illegal mining on rivers Ankobra …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A company linked to the son of Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Prof Kwabena Frimping Boateng, Jojo Frimpong Boateng called Symphony Limited, is said to be involved in Galamsey at a time his father pretended to be fighting the menace. This disclosure was made by …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Pigs The activities of illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) in the town of Beposo in the Bosome Freho district of the Ashanti Region have resulted in the death of 25 pigs belonging to one Joseph Owusu. Through their illegal mining activities, Mr Owusu explained, the galamseyers have polluted …

  Former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini says Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, was neck-deep in ‘galamsey’ activities before assuming the position of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP. Chairman Wontumi had insisted in …