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 ...
Tag: John Peter Amewu
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 ...
Are We Tackling the Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual ...
Galamsey Operators Vow Not Stop Mining If…
Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened to return ...
Galamseyers In Kumasi To Petition Otumfuo Over Gov’t Crack Down
The Small Scale Miners Association in Kumasi says it will petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over government’s decision ...
Are We Tackling Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual ...
Lands Minister Sacks 9 District Mine Inspectors
Nine district mine officers of the Minerals Commission have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave with immediate effect. The ...
Government To Reclaim 1.5 Per Cent of Degraded Lands
The 1.5 per cent degraded lands out of the 238,000 kilometre square of the country, would be rehabilitated, Mr John ...
Illegal Miners Will Be Engaged In Tree Planting Program – Amewu
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that all illegal miners will be engaged in ...
Chiefs Lead Operation To Destroy Galamsey Equipment
IN the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign by government and the media, residents of Prestea, Heman and surrounding villages in ...
Chiefs Lead Operation To Destroy Galamsey Equipment
IN the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign by government and the media, residents of Prestea, Heman and surrounding villages in ...
Illegal Miners In Tarkwa Promise To Show MP ‘pepper’ For Planning To Stop Galamsey
Illegal miners in Tarkwa-Breman in the Prestea Huni-Valley of the Western Region have said they will teach their Member of ...
Government’s Alternative Livelihood Program For Illegal Miners To Cost $10 Million
The five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project that will offer an alternative source of livelihood for illegal miners is estimated to ...
Apologise To Okyenhene For Galamsey Comments – Group To Aburihene
The Okyeman Youth Association (OYA) has called on the Aburihene, Otobour Gyan Kwasi, to render apology to the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo ...
Fight Against Galamsey Requires Well-Thought Plan, Strong Leadership – Mishio
A former chairman of Ghana’s national security committee for Lands and Natural Resources, Brigadier General Daniel K. Mishio, says the ...
Illegal Miners In Tarkwa-Breman Vow To Vote Against MP
Some illegal miners in Tarkwa-Breman in the Prestea Huni-Valley of the Western Region, have vowed to vote against their Member ...
Government Begins Clampdown On Recalcitrant Illegal Mining Firms
Government has heightened the fight against illegal mining by summoning mining companies that are still engaged in the act after ...
Minister On Right Course With ‘galamsey’ Directive
Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee has thrown her weight behind the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, for ...
Alternative Livelihood Programme For Illegal Miners To Cost $10m
Government’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal miners, is expected to cost $10 millin. ...
Amewu ‘grills’ Minerals Commission Boss Over Mining License
Lands and Natural Resource Minister, John Peter Amewu could not come to terms with the explanation provided by the Chief ...