MFWA commends media for campaign against illegal mining

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has commended the Ghanaian media for the bold and relentless campaign against illegal mining, popularly called galamsey in Ghana.

In the last two weeks, almost all the major media organisations in the country have in a joint and highly commendable effort, focused on highlighting the devastating effects of galamsey in the country.

The media has also been engaged in a massive campaign to get the authorities, particularly the government to take appropriate steps to redress the menace.

"The government is yet to make public its plans to address the challenge apart from having government officials also lamenting about the issue and praising the media for the campaign. What we expect to see is immediate actions on the part of the government to redress the matter", the MFWA stated.

The Foundation commended the media for their "bold step and further admonishes the media to be firm and unrelenting in their efforts at educating the public about the menace and exposing perpetrators".

The Foundation believes that the media have demonstrated commitment to ensure the country's environment is protected through its campaign to stop galamsey in Ghana.

The MFWA thus calls on all other stakeholders particularly government to take bold and decisive action on the problem.