Browsing: illegal mining in Ghana

Eco-Conscious Citizens’ Coordinator, Awula Serwaah, says repealing Ghana’s L.I. 2462 is not enough to end illegal mining. She calls for stronger enforcement, community protection, and multi-sectoral action to save Ghana’s polluted rivers and forests.

A top Ghanaian forensic scientist, Prof. Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, warns that illegal mining (galamsey) has poisoned Ghana’s water bodies with heavy metals, causing spontaneous abortions, infant deformities, chronic diseases, and rising kidney failures. He calls the crisis a “war crime” and urges urgent national action.

The Minority in Parliament has launched a scathing attack on the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing it of double standards and a lack of seriousness in dealing with the growing menace of illegal mining, widely known as galamsey.