The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged the government to take immediate and decisive action by employing all available means to halt illegal and irresponsible mining activities, commonly known as galamsey.
They proposed enforcing appropriate laws, holding perpetrators accountable, and ensuring that individuals engaged in illegal mining face the full force of the law.
The Bishops made this call during their Annual Plenary Assembly at Pope John Paul II Formation and Training Centre, at Ofoase Kokoben, in the Diocese of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, from November 8 to 16, 2024
“Government to take immediate and decisive action by employing all available means to halt illegal and irresponsible mining activities. This includes enforcing appropriate laws, holding perpetrators accountable, and ensuring that those involved in illegal and irresponsible mining face the full force of the law without fear or favour.”
The Bishops expressed concerns about the destruction of forest reserves and the indiscriminate cutting of trees.
“Sadly, however, our care for our common home has been woefully and dismally short of expectation, with the indiscriminate felling of trees, poor management of plastic waste, illegal and irresponsible mining of our mineral resources (e.g. galamsey).
“For instance, in the Diocese of Obuasi where this plenary assembly has been held, the menace of galamsey seems to run amok with illegal and irresponsible mining activities in all thirteen Administrative Districts; the worst hit being the four
Amansie Districts – Amansie Central, Amansie East, Amansie West and Amansie South.”
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