Former President John Dramani Mahama has admonished the current government not to buy tractors for farmers in the country, saying that was a major mistake his administration made. He explained that as part of efforts to boost agriculture, his administration bought tractors for farmers across the country but realized the equipment became dormant because the farmers … Read more
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. According to him, small-scale miners are using heavy duty equipment including excavators, a situation which goes contrary to the laws governing small scale-mining in Ghana, hence the government will be reviewing the … Read more
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has ordered owners of earth moving equipment and excavators operating in mining areas to evacuate their equipment from such areas within 30 days. This comes on the back of the expiration of a three weeks directive to small scale illegal miners to halt their operations. The … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he will not allow illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) to destroy Ghana. At a durbar at the Dormaahene’s Palace in the Brong Ahafo Region where he visited on Thursday, Nana Akufo-Addo said: “The Ghana handed down to us by our forefathers is the same Ghana we must leave for the unborn … Read more
Earth moving machines will henceforth operate with permits in the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has said. He told Citi News in an interview that, excavators found scavenging for gold without permit will be destroyed. “What we want to do is that, if you own an excavator, and for … Read more
The nationwide campaign against illegal mining activities has yielded dividends as heavy equipment used in the operation move from mining sites. The movement of the excavators and other heavy equipment follows the expiration of government’s three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to do so or have these equipment confiscated. The Minerals Commission has revealed that more … Read more
Media practitioners across the country will be required to wear red attire on Friday, 21 April as a sign of their disapproval of illicit mining (galamsey). This was revealed by Ken Ashigbey, Managing Director of the Graphic Group of Communications and member of the Media Coalition against Galamsey, during an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, … Read more
Minister for Land and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, is advocating a radical solution to the menace of illegal mining. He believes the excavators with which the illegal miners are wreaking havoc on the environment and polluting water bodies should be blown up when they are seized. Currently, the miners are made to pay paltry … Read more
An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney. When the edge of the dam gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar … Read more
Bright Kodzo Demordzi, former Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfrom, has rejected reports that he is holding on to a grader belonging to the Ga South municipal assembly, which was leased to the assembly for road works in the area. The lawmaker has been accused by some people within the constituency of secretly changing … Read more
Workers at the Upper East Regional Hospital are clamouring for the recall of a transferred administrator to answer charges over an official vehicle he misused whilst in office. The former administrator of the hospital, George Atampugre, who was transferred recently to the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern region, is at the receiving end of … Read more