Felix Klutse, has described illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, as a grave threat to Ghana’s future, warning that its impact extends beyond environmental destruction to the country’s long-term development and survival.
The GhanaCoalitionAgainstGalamsey (GCAG) is demanding immediate regulatory action from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to cut off fuel supply to illegal mining operations across the country.
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has raised alarm over a growing trend of tanker drivers and their assistants abandoning the petroleum haulage sector for illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey ... Mr ... .
The GhanaCoalitionAgainstGalamsey (GCAG) has warned that the country’s fight against illegal mining (galamsey) is failing, with forest degradation worsening despite earlier government interventions.
Ezekiel Kpodo, President of the Academic City Robotics Club, said the event was organised to give students a platform to support the fight against galamsey by presenting technological solutions to address the problem.
“What is galamsey at all? Galamsey is illegal mining. So if I go to my farm and there is gold there and I decide to I mean mine my gold, that is illegal, that is galamsey ... “But for galamsey, you cannot stop galamsey in Ghana.
According to him, the suspension of small-scale mining for about 20 months during the early phase of the anti-galamsey campaign triggered political backlash in several mining communities, many of which had previously supported the NPP.
In his recent State of the Nation Address, the President reaffirmed the government’s resolve to end the scourge of illegal mining — popularly known as “galamsey” — that has ravaged Ghana’s forests, rivers and farmlands ...Galamsey is far from new.
For years, successive administrations announced taskforces and emergency operations to tackle galamsey ... He said government would intensify similar efforts nationwide as part of the broader fight against galamsey.
There was something quietly heartwarming about the recent sight of parliamentarians, commentators, public figures and fellow Ghanaians, brothers and sisters, turning up in fugu ...Enforcement waxes and wanes ... is galamsey simply not ‘viral’ enough? ... 1 ... ....