Monday April 17, 2017 marked exactly 100 days since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the governance of Ghana from John Mahama, whose governance the former described as incompetent. As expected, the 100-day record of the Akufo-Addo-led government has since Monday been on the chopping board with a mixed assessment. A lecturer at the University … Read more
Ghana is a very funny place. Hypocrisy and selfishness have eaten so much into our social fabric that some of us are even ready to assist in our own self-destruction. Currently, a video in the Twi language has gone ‘viral’ on the internet, in which a young Ghanaian man is seen warning the Akufo- Addo … Read more
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, whose duty is to ensure that government ends the illegal mining menace, appears helpless, and has rather stated his support for the media campaign against the menace. Mr. Amewu even believes that the media has the power to end the power, beyond educating and informing … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has spoken of the pressure Chinese officials in Ghana put on him when he tried to fight against illegal mining. Speaking on The Big Issue, the former minister said the former Chinese Ambassador tried different methods to get him to ease up on the … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has spoken of the pressure Chinese officials in Ghana put on him when he tried to fight against illegal mining. Speaking on The Big Issue, the former minister said the former Chinese Ambassador tried different methods to get him ease up on the fight … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has spoken of the pressure Chinese officials in Ghana put on him when he tried to fight against illegal mining. Speaking on The Big Issue, the former minister said the former Chinese Ambassador tried different methods to get him ease up on the fight … Read more
The Police have arrested three Chinese illegal miners at Denkyira, a village near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. Three Ghanaian accomplices were also arrested in a swoop last night by a Police task-force. The operation, led by the New Juaben Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Richardson Kumekor, retrieved four excavators, two pump action guns, over sixty … Read more
A member of the Economic Fighters League and National Youth Organizer has slammed President Akufo-Addo for complaining about the activities of illegal mining aka ‘galamsey’. According to him, the President who doubles as the Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces should be complaining about ‘galamsey’. In his view, it is only incompetence on and misplaced … Read more
Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are contributing to the destruction of Ghana’s environment through illegal mining. The Chinese government has pledged its support to Ghana to help in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ involving some of its nationals. A delegation from the Chinese Embassy … Read more
The Head of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr. Lloyd Amoah, is impressing on the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, not to succumb to the subtle diplomatic pressure from China, in the fight against illegal mining. The Chinese Ambassador and the Mayor of the Guangxi Zhuang Province, … Read more
Ghana is practically begging China to help in the fight against Chinese nationals who are contributing to the destruction of its environment through illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, today [Monday], held an emergency meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, and the Mayor of China’s Guangxi … Read more