John Peter Amewu

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Create Employment Opportunities For Affected Illegal Miners – WACAM Tells Gov’t

The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), a mining sector pressure group has advised government...

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Lands and Natural Resources Minister Tours Galamsey Sites

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, yesterday led a delegation to illegal mining sites in the...

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Minister To Transfer Mines Inspector Found Drunk During ‘galamsey’ Site Tour

A mines inspector was found ‘heavily drunk’ during a ministerial tour of the Eastern region booming with illegal...

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Excavators Will Now Operate With Permits – Amewu

Earth moving machines will henceforth operate with permits in the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources,...

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Vanished Illegal Miners Will Not Be Allowed To Return

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the illegal small scale miners who have vanished from the mining sites in...

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Excavators Removed From Mining Sites As Ultimatum Expires

The nationwide campaign against illegal mining activities has yielded dividends as heavy equipment used in the...

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Israel Declares Support For Ghana’s Fight Against Galamsey

The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites – Minerals Commission

About 544 excavators have voluntarily moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the...

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We’ll Allow You To Mine But Properly – Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners...

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Security Agencies Will Flush Out Galamsey Operators – Lands Minister

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the government will deploy law enforcement officers across the country to...

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Don’t Give Up Mr. Minister

The galamsey menace has become a social canker which needs the attention of all well-meaning Ghanaians. It is therefore...

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Ministerial Task-Force Tours Galamsey Sites [Photos]

A ministerial task-force has toured some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region, as government’s three-weeks...

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Anti-Galamsey Group Declares Red Friday

Media practitioners across the country will be required to wear red attire on Friday, 21 April as a sign of their...

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544 Excavators Moved From Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration...

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Must Read! Hits and Misses Under Akufo-Addo’s 100 Days

Monday April 17, 2017 marked exactly 100 days since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the governance of Ghana from...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum...

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Ghanaians Gasping For Air Under Nana Addo’s First 100 Days In Office

I have to state with great pain and sorrow that there is no better critical indicator that the future of Ghana is...

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NPP, NDC Profiting From ‘galamsey’

The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has stated explicitly that the country will not win its...

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Ultimatum To Illegal Miners Will Not Be Extended

Land and natural resources minister, John Peter Amewu, has stated that the three weeks ultimatum given to illegal...