Small Scale Miners Taskforce launches onslaught on galamseyers, burn equipment at Mankranso

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Yd 1 year ago

Any Chinese nationals caught on galamsey sites must be force to drink the polluted waters for the rest of their lifes

Any Chinese nationals caught on galamsey sites must be force to drink the polluted waters for the rest of their lifes
ABOA-TIA OFORIPANIN 1 year ago

Ghanaians - your lunatic chimpanzee president - Nana Akuffo Addo, has played a very clever game with your minds! When you hear your Kyebi chimpanzee singing endless praises about his woefully-implemented Free SHS, he knows ...
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Ghanaians - your lunatic chimpanzee president - Nana Akuffo Addo, has played a very clever game with your minds! When you hear your Kyebi chimpanzee singing endless praises about his woefully-implemented Free SHS, he knows the game he's playing. What you need to know is that, your hopeless and criminal Kyebi baboon has spent just the paltry sum of Ghc 11 (ELEVEN) BILLION CEDIS to run his rickety, junkety, wobbling, shambolic and kwashiorkor Free SHS! But that same mentally-retarded dwarf would never talk to let you know that he has wickedly caused over 500 (FIVE HUNDRED) BILLION CEDIS worth of irreparable damage to the greater part of our pristine forests, our cocoa farms, our major water bodies, our food crop & agric lands, as well as the unquantifiable destruction of the natural ecosystem that we have in our beloved motherland. So, I say… “may the Good Lord ruthlessly and mercilessly punish and obliterate that Kyebi lunatic baboon and his evil collaborators for leaving Ghanaians with this LEGACY OF DOOM...!!!!!!!!”
FRANKIE 1 year ago

This is just a red herring. We're far smarter than this. With nationwide demos loading on all fronts to stop the government sponsored galamsey, they're trying to pull a fast one on us. NO WAY!

This is just a red herring. We're far smarter than this. With nationwide demos loading on all fronts to stop the government sponsored galamsey, they're trying to pull a fast one on us. NO WAY!
Nigerian man 1 year ago

This is what we call eye service to deceive people in Nigeria. This is fake all of a sudden

This is what we call eye service to deceive people in Nigeria. This is fake all of a sudden
Ban and outlaw surface and alluvial mining. 1 year ago

Ban the use of excavators to mine.
Allow daring souls to do underground mining.
Ban surface mining. Prioritize the top soil than gold. Honour and protect farm lands with all the military might of the nation. that way, no ...
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Ban the use of excavators to mine.
Allow daring souls to do underground mining.
Ban surface mining. Prioritize the top soil than gold. Honour and protect farm lands with all the military might of the nation. that way, no one will dare destroy the top soil to mine gold.
protect farms and prioritize agric 1 year ago

protect farmers and make agric valuable.

ban surface mining

protect farmers and make agric valuable.

ban surface mining
wontumi must stop mining 1 year ago

all the key public figures must stop mining. else we can never win the war against galamsey

all the key public figures must stop mining. else we can never win the war against galamsey
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Reviewing, regulating and adapting local mining would do a better good than this knee-jerk approach...Have you ever wondered why faith & hard work are essential for achieving success? It's because praying to God & trusting i ...
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Ama 1 year ago

After wasting 300 million dollars on Galamsey fight, what have you acheived. Incompetence

After wasting 300 million dollars on Galamsey fight, what have you acheived. Incompetence

kanawu 1 year ago

Burn everyone of those equipment

Burn everyone of those equipment
Osei mensah bonsu 1 year ago

It's propaganda. Useless government.

It's propaganda. Useless government.
Kwesi 1 year ago

This publication can't dissuade us that the galamsay kingpins have now transformed into so called "licensed small scale miners", who are law abiding. The licensed small scale people get their lincense for cover up to engage i ...
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This publication can't dissuade us that the galamsay kingpins have now transformed into so called "licensed small scale miners", who are law abiding. The licensed small scale people get their lincense for cover up to engage in galamsay. They are pretending because they know the people's anger will bring their business down.
ROGUE LAWYER 1 year ago

Akuffu Addo and his NPP ARE THOSE INVOLVED AND DOING GALAMSEY-truth must be told.
to tackle it,
1. all MMCEs DCEs and regional ministers should be sacked in any galamsey areas.
2. the mineral commission president must be s ...
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Akuffu Addo and his NPP ARE THOSE INVOLVED AND DOING GALAMSEY-truth must be told.
to tackle it,
1. all MMCEs DCEs and regional ministers should be sacked in any galamsey areas.
2. the mineral commission president must be sacked with immediate effect

3. ban all mining activities in the country for about 12 months.

then
the operation shoot and kill.
if those people are poisoning the water bodies- they are murderers and deserves not to live
KD 1 year ago

It’s very interesting how politrickciams can use their minds to play on the intelligence of the people.

First of all, why is the government suddenly aggressive now trying Galamsey?

Second question is, is the governme ...
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It’s very interesting how politrickciams can use their minds to play on the intelligence of the people.

First of all, why is the government suddenly aggressive now trying Galamsey?

Second question is, is the government saying it couldn’t have embarked on all such actions all this while?

Is the government doing so because it wants the votes of these people who’s lands and river bodies are being destroyed or it is doing so just it has been ploughing the roads of certain neighborhoods lately, just win the admiration of residents.

Massa, this is all mind games. Wake up people.

Only smart thinkers would understand my point.
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Ataa Obeng site 19 Tema 1 year ago

Then Akuffo Addo is a wicked man, he chose power over human life, if we should all die who will be left to vote for his party ?

Then Akuffo Addo is a wicked man, he chose power over human life, if we should all die who will be left to vote for his party ?
A BIG SHAME TO JOHN THE DESTROYER 1 year ago

SOMEBODY ASK JOHN MAHAMA THE DESTROYER OF ANYTHING GOOD JUST FOR POWER HOW THIS POLITICAL IMPASSE HE HAS CREATED WILL HELP HIS CAMPAIGN NOW. HE SHOULD BOW DOWN HIS HEAD IN SHAME AND APOLOGIZE TO GHANAIANS. HE SHOULD RETURN TH ...
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SOMEBODY ASK JOHN MAHAMA THE DESTROYER OF ANYTHING GOOD JUST FOR POWER HOW THIS POLITICAL IMPASSE HE HAS CREATED WILL HELP HIS CAMPAIGN NOW. HE SHOULD BOW DOWN HIS HEAD IN SHAME AND APOLOGIZE TO GHANAIANS. HE SHOULD RETURN THE 1200 PICKUPS BRIBE HE TOOK IN 2020 FROM GALAMSEYERS TO THEM AND WITHDRAW HIS PROMISE TO RELEASE THEM IF THEY ARE JAILED BY AKUFO ADDO.
Matey 1 year ago

Credit Ghanaians and the stakeholders demanding for the ban some reasoning capacity and objectivity. We know what is good for us.

Credit Ghanaians and the stakeholders demanding for the ban some reasoning capacity and objectivity. We know what is good for us.
Kofi 1 year ago

This nonsense must stop. Galamsey is a mess but how do you burn excavators instead of seizing it for a useful use. The will go and buy another escalators with Government money for use.

This nonsense must stop. Galamsey is a mess but how do you burn excavators instead of seizing it for a useful use. The will go and buy another escalators with Government money for use.

Danny Currency Trader 1 year ago

It's because the excavators are owned by somebody who will use the courts to get his equipment released to him and misuse them somewhere else or rent them out for misuse. Burning them solves this problem

It's because the excavators are owned by somebody who will use the courts to get his equipment released to him and misuse them somewhere else or rent them out for misuse. Burning them solves this problem
Room of mirrors 1 year ago

Foolish mad men....damage control triggers

Foolish mad men....damage control triggers
Steven 1 year ago

Just a PR gimmick

Just a PR gimmick
Abraziaa 1 year ago

When you elite animals leadership into government the country become a banana country only Ashanti's and week thinking people in our society will vote for npp MP's and their useless people akufo addo bawumia government animal ...
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When you elite animals leadership into government the country become a banana country only Ashanti's and week thinking people in our society will vote for npp MP's and their useless people akufo addo bawumia government animals
Amanor USA 1 year ago

Where does the dirty water and the chemicals from the small scale miners go? So they drink it or into the same rivers? Every surface mining must stop until there standards for treating the dirty waters, Period.

Where does the dirty water and the chemicals from the small scale miners go? So they drink it or into the same rivers? Every surface mining must stop until there standards for treating the dirty waters, Period.
Sammy 1 year ago

Galamsey situation in Mankranso is an indictment on the traditional and political leadership of the community. The stream called Mankran is blocked and excavators and chanfans are everywhere. They should let the people perpet ...
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Galamsey situation in Mankranso is an indictment on the traditional and political leadership of the community. The stream called Mankran is blocked and excavators and chanfans are everywhere. They should let the people perpetuating this crime cover the death traps they've created there.
This is Ananse story 1 year ago

This government right from the presidency to MCES are highly involved in galamsey. This story is an insult to Ghanaians

This government right from the presidency to MCES are highly involved in galamsey. This story is an insult to Ghanaians
AMA Ghana 1 year ago

So they have a task force and they sit and look on as they do all these damage ???

So they have a task force and they sit and look on as they do all these damage ???
Watching 1 year ago

The dishonest press has started again where has the so called task force of small scale miners been all this while
They are part of the destruction and govt should clear them and institute a programme to get rid of illegal m ...
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The dishonest press has started again where has the so called task force of small scale miners been all this while
They are part of the destruction and govt should clear them and institute a programme to get rid of illegal miners through out the country
The police and military must burn all equipments and chiefs mdces must be held responsible
Wicked miners
Matey 1 year ago

Are they actions backed by law? If they can enforce the law, why not the law enforcement agencies?

Are they actions backed by law? If they can enforce the law, why not the law enforcement agencies?

Mr Andoh 1 year ago

These people who call themselves small scale miners are our biggest problem. On paper they claim to be legal miners but go to their site and see what they are doing there, most of them are NPP members and they have the resour ...
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These people who call themselves small scale miners are our biggest problem. On paper they claim to be legal miners but go to their site and see what they are doing there, most of them are NPP members and they have the resources to buy earth moving machinery, the level of destruction it will cost per day will take more than 50 galamsey per week to destroy.
ZUZA 1 year ago

So what have you been doing all this while? You’re all complicit. There should be no let-up because these galamseyers are determined and you can only win if you match their determination.

So what have you been doing all this while? You’re all complicit. There should be no let-up because these galamseyers are determined and you can only win if you match their determination.
Concerned citizen 1 year ago

Good move and if this will continue then the country will be cleaned. I am happy for this operation.

Good move and if this will continue then the country will be cleaned. I am happy for this operation.
Eric Fynn 1 year ago

Let put a ban on all scale mining too,the problem we are facing started from them. After all upon all gold we have taken from our earth what have we achieved? Compare South Africa Johannesburg to Ghana Obuasi or Tarkwa,we get ...
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Let put a ban on all scale mining too,the problem we are facing started from them. After all upon all gold we have taken from our earth what have we achieved? Compare South Africa Johannesburg to Ghana Obuasi or Tarkwa,we get nothing Ghana to show.
Let close all mining activities for a year or two years .
Kwaku Boateng 1 year ago

Death to All illegal miners. Full military with shoot to kill command. Ghanaians, Chinese, which ever national. Shoot to kill. State of emergency. If Akuffo Addo wont do it, please Mahama, do it for us when you come. Enough i ...
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Death to All illegal miners. Full military with shoot to kill command. Ghanaians, Chinese, which ever national. Shoot to kill. State of emergency. If Akuffo Addo wont do it, please Mahama, do it for us when you come. Enough is enough. Bullishit
Pelicles 1 year ago

To the voices criticizing the move, should we sit and do nothing or what do you suggest? The last time something like this happened, it was the opposition NDC who went behind the scenes, and assured the illegal miners of cont ...
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To the voices criticizing the move, should we sit and do nothing or what do you suggest? The last time something like this happened, it was the opposition NDC who went behind the scenes, and assured the illegal miners of continued operation should NDC comes to power. That statement energized the illegal miners to vote for NDC and the result is what we are currently dealing with.

As a nation, when issue like this comes to fore, we should speak with one voice devoid of politics because we all suffer for the deadly chemicals getting into our waterbodies.
Morrison 1 year ago

I will advise the ruling government to handle the illegal miners with tact because any aggressive tactics, will adversely affect their electoral chances as it did previously.

I will advise the ruling government to handle the illegal miners with tact because any aggressive tactics, will adversely affect their electoral chances as it did previously.
Moshe 1 year ago

The effects of excessive love of money is what we are experiencing in Ghana today. Ghanaians, please sit up! God's creation is worth more than human currency! Ghanaians have sold their conscience for money and perishable weal ...
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The effects of excessive love of money is what we are experiencing in Ghana today. Ghanaians, please sit up! God's creation is worth more than human currency! Ghanaians have sold their conscience for money and perishable wealth. Ghanaians, when we destroy the environment and nature we extinct human life as well because we depend on nature to survive. The Akan state needs national reconciliation and to pacify God for destroying His beautiful creations. This is serious, to destroy water bodies which are the life blood of mother earth? The judiciary must be ashamed for doing nothing to stop the destruction of our water bodies. This is serious, the president must resign immediately for failing to protect the land.
Od 1 year ago

It's fake news people are now smarter, ooh that's why you acquired this web

It's fake news people are now smarter, ooh that's why you acquired this web
Photography 1 year ago

Chinese are behind 90 percent of all galamseys going on in the country. The government especially osafo mafu gave them their blessings for fat kick backs and here they are pretending to fighting galamsey and heckling poor in ...
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Chinese are behind 90 percent of all galamseys going on in the country. The government especially osafo mafu gave them their blessings for fat kick backs and here they are pretending to fighting galamsey and heckling poor indigens leaving out the real criminals-the Chinese. Very ridiculous.
NO ECONOMIC GURU CAN TURN GHANAS CEDI DEPRECIATION AROUND. ITS NOT BAWUMIAS FAULT. THE PROBLEM IS GHANA DEPENDS ON IMPORTED GOODS FOR SURVIVAL. NOT UNTIL GHANA AND AFRICA BECOMES INDUSTRIALLY INDEPENDENT, OUR CURRENCIES WILL NEVER BEV STRONG. 1 year ago

JUST ARREST THEM AND PUT THEM BEHIND BARS, PERIOD. WHAT IS DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS?

JUST ARREST THEM AND PUT THEM BEHIND BARS, PERIOD. WHAT IS DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS?
Boye/California 1 year ago

Taskforce please start shooting them before they will stop Yes shoot them died if they hear that some people start dying then they stop Nana Addo knows about it look at this Youngman in Burkina Faso you can't do Galamsey ther ...
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Taskforce please start shooting them before they will stop Yes shoot them died if they hear that some people start dying then they stop Nana Addo knows about it look at this Youngman in Burkina Faso you can't do Galamsey there you will be killed then why this Burkina Faso Citizens come to Ghana to do Galamsey why Ghana
KofSam 1 year ago

It is not the duty of the task of of the small scale miners to fight the galamsey menance and they should cease immediately. No body has authorized them . It is the sole duty of the government under Akuffo Addo to put a stop ...
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It is not the duty of the task of of the small scale miners to fight the galamsey menance and they should cease immediately. No body has authorized them . It is the sole duty of the government under Akuffo Addo to put a stop to galamsey by using the police, other security agencies and the army to do this. Our army has been redundant for many years and the President as the commander in chief could have ordered the army to route out the galamseyers but the President is unwilling to take up that responsibility for reasons best known to him .Instead of using the army to stop galamsey, the army is being deployed to police the smuggling of cereals across the borders . What a waste .

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Small Scale Miners Taskforce launches onslaught on galamseyers, burn equipment at Mankranso

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