These Are Empty Threats!
A few weeks ago, government declared war on illegal mining, which popular name galamsey, has gained currency and notoriety in this country. Following that declaration to ensure that galamsey is...
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Citi FM Hits Streets For Second Phase of #StopGalamseyNow Campaign [Photos]
Staff of Citi FM and volunteers were on some principal streets of Accra to continue the #StopGalamseyNow campaign, this time with an emphasis on creating awareness of the levels of pollution in...
Government’s Fight Against Galamsey Not Well Thought Through – Mornah
The Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah has lashed out at government’s approach at ending illegal mining, known as galamsey, in the country. Being spearheaded by...
Govt’s Fight Against Galamsey Not Well Thought Through – Mornah
The Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah has lashed out at government’s approach at ending illegal mining, known as galamsey, in the country. Being spearheaded by...
#StopGalamseyNow Campaign Turns Attention To Water Bodies
Citi FM will take its #StopGalamseyNow campaign to its next phase on Friday morning to draw attention to the effects of illegal mining on the country’s water bodies. The campaign, which officially...
Mining Along Our Water Bodies Cannot Continue
President Akufo-Addo has stated that he is against illegal mining and will do all possible to stop it no matter the consequences. He made this known on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, when he commissioned...
Galamsey Affects Investment and Revenue – Australian High Commissioner
Australian High Commission to Ghana, Andrew Barnes is challenging government to ensure its fight against illegal mining is sustained. Speaking to 3FM News, the Ambassador maintained the move would...
69 Illegal Mining Machines Confiscated and Destroyed At Dunkwa Offin
Sixty nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti galamsey taskforce at Dunkwa Offin The ‘Stop Galamsey Operation’ Taskforce at Dunkwa -on-Offin in the Central...
Small Scale Miners Ready To Assist Gov’t To Fight Illegal Mining
Small scale miners in the Ashanti Region have expressed readiness to assist the government in fighting the menace of illegal mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. The Ghana National Association...
We Have Been Told To Prepare Ourselves – Army
According to him, his Unit has been notified by the government to prepare themselves to give critica The Commanding Officer (CO) of 4 Infantry Battalion, Lt Col Sebastian Abraham Arhin has stated...
Chiefs Must Help Government In Galamsey Fight – Aburihene
Nana Otoubour Djan Kwasi II, the Aburihene, has called on all traditional leaders to join forces in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country. The chief, who takes...
Chief Must Help Gov’t In Galamsey Fight
Nana Otoubour Djan Kwasi II, the Aburihene, has called on all traditional leaders to join forces in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country. The chief, who takes...
Army Commander Suspended Over Galamsey
Lieutenant Colonel GNK Hoenyedzi, the commanding officer of second Battalion of Infantry (2Bn), Takoradi, has been suspended and recalled to the Southern Command headquarters in Accra to face an...
I’m Focused On Fulfiling God’s Purpose Not Election Issues
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is more focused on fulfiling God’s purpose and not moved by threats by some ‘Galamseyers’ in voting against him in 2020 general...
19 Galamsey Machines Burnt
Operation Stop Galamsey Taskforce at Dunkwa Offin has burnt 19 illegal mining machines known in the local parlance as (Toetoeto) in Offin River. The machines were seized during their first operation...
I Don’t Care About Elections – Nana Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said threats by some illegal mining operators that they will vote against him in the 2020 elections cannot stop his fight against the galamsey menace. “I have been told...
Galamsey Fight: ‘Vote Threats Won’t Stop Me’
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government’s fight against illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) will not be stopped by threats by galamseyers to vote against him in the next elections....
Police, Military To Supervise Reclamation of Galamsey Lands – Amewu
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using an aggressive approach where necessary, to ensure...
Threats of Losing Election Won’t Stop Galamsey Fight – Nana Addo
President Nana Addo has called the bluff of illegal miners threatening to vote against his party in the 2020 elections, if he continues with his anti galamsey fight. Speaking at Soabe in the Eastern...
I Never Accused Okyenhene of Engaging In Galamsey
The Aburihene and Adontenghene of Akropong Traditional Council, Nana Otuobour Djan Kwasi II, has denied accusing the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin and other two paramount chiefs in...