Tag Archives: Galamsey Crisis

Organised Labour, led by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has issued a stern warning to the government, threatening a nationwide strike by the end of September if decisive action is not taken to address the escalating galamsey (illegal mining) crisis. In a statement issued by Joshua Ansah, Secretary General of …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and several other health unions and associations have urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately ban all small-scale mining operations, whether legal or illegal. This call comes in response to the increasing destruction of the country’s forest reserves and water bodies, along with the …

In 2017, when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo assumed office, he made a solemn vow to the people of Ghana; he would end the scourge of illegal mining, known as galamsey, and halt the environmental destruction it was wreaking across the country. He boldly stated that he would stake his …