Tag: Galamsey

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Honourable Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has argued that many Ghanaians made their electoral decisions after assessing the promises and political narratives that dominated ...

The Member of Parliament for Yendi, Honourable Abdul Fatawu Alhassan, has stated that the New Patriotic Party’s electoral defeat stemmed from the economic difficulties many citizens endured during the party’s ...

Member of the NDC Communications Team, Wonder Mandilo, has criticised comments attributed to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the ongoing fight against illegal mining. He argued that the ...

NPP Communications Team member and Lawyer Kwasi Botchway Jnr has argued that the fight against illegal mining continues to expose major gaps in political leadership, insisting that the issue remains ...

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has strongly defended the right of religious leaders to speak on national issues such as illegal mining (galamsey), insisting that the Church has both a ...

Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a firm directive to all mining companies operating in Ghana, requiring them to immediately strengthen the security of their concessions to combat the persistent ...

Former Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development and renowned agricultural policy advisor, Hon. Abraham Dwuma Odoom, has declared that the Central Region possesses the untapped capacity to single-handedly ...

Mr. Alfred Appiah, a data and policy analyst, has raised a red flag over the government’s paradoxical role in the gold trade, suggesting that the state is effectively “purchasing galamsey ...

The decision by the Chief Justice to activate a Specialised High Court Division marks a significant moment in Ghana’s long-running struggle to strengthen accountability and confront corruption, environmental destruction, and ...

Government has partnered with Newmont Ghana Limited to spearhead the ecological restoration of vast tracts of land previously devastated by illegal mining.  This collaborative effort has already resulted in the ...