Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the vice presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised that any excavators seized during the campaign against illicit mining would be returned to their rightful owners.
Speaking to the chiefs and people of Mpohor and Prestea Huni Valley...
Sheikh Arimiyawo Shaibu, a member of the National Peace Council and the spokesperson for the National Chief Imam, has expressed support for stopping the practice of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in Ghana amid recent efforts to end it.
He said he was pleased...
Professor Eric Abavare, the president of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) branch at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has proposed that the best way to defeat illegal mining, or galamsey, is through civil disobedience.
In an interview with Citi News,...
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has demanded that prospecting and mining for gold and other minerals in forest reserves, farms, and rivers be immediately banned across the nation.
This appeal is in response to the worrying depletion of the nation's natural resources brought...
Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong Manso, a former president of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, has urged religious leaders to mobilize their followers in opposition to the illegal mining issue.
The former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church emphasised in an interview with...
Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has been asked to step down by Bishop Dr. Samuel Noi Mensah, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Full Gospel Church International.
He claims that the Minister lacks the political will to stop the...
