It will take us 15 years to restore our contaminated soils to their natural state – Pure Earth

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Mahama is a disappointment 3 months ago

I voted for Mahama because of this galamsey issue and l very disappointed with his lukewarm approach to the issue. What is preventing him from suspending all galamsey activities immediately? And who is selling all that gold t ...
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I voted for Mahama because of this galamsey issue and l very disappointed with his lukewarm approach to the issue. What is preventing him from suspending all galamsey activities immediately? And who is selling all that gold to Sammy Gyamfi's Gold Board? Not Newmount, Anglogold or any of the major mining firms. So how on earth do you set up a state body to buy galamsey gold and fight the practice at the same time? With these arsenic levels we are all at risk! We shouldn't allow Mahama to fail where Akufo Addo failed.
THE ONLY LANGUAGE THE GALAMSEYERS FEAR IS SHOOT AND KILL. IS THE COUNTRY READY FOR THAT? 3 months ago

Chiefs, local leaders, families etc are all involved in this menace. Even the Asantehene confessed he is involved in galamsey. How does one stop galamsey at all these levels? Shoot and kill everyone involved. Some force can b ...
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Chiefs, local leaders, families etc are all involved in this menace. Even the Asantehene confessed he is involved in galamsey. How does one stop galamsey at all these levels? Shoot and kill everyone involved. Some force can be applied but more of coercion and bargain. It is not that easy the level of communities involved.
Hmmm moment 3 months ago

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In 1979, Jerry John Rawlings justified his coup by painting a picture of a corrupt system rotting from the inside, where those in high places enriched themselves while ordinary Ghanaians suffered. At the time ...
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In 1979, Jerry John Rawlings justified his coup by painting a picture of a corrupt system rotting from the inside, where those in high places enriched themselves while ordinary Ghanaians suffered. At the time, many argued that the scale of systemic decay he described was exaggerated — that the “image” of total institutional breakdown did not fully match the reality on the ground. But four decades later, that picture has finally materialized in full: institutions charged with enforcement are either complicit, bribed, or powerless, and natural resources are being plundered openly with catastrophic consequences for ordinary citizens.

Today, the faceless financiers and foreign buyers behind illegal mining are shielded by the very officials sworn to protect the nation. Police, soldiers, and regulators in some cases serve not as guardians but as gatekeepers paid to look away. Governments, regardless of party, let their allies off the hook while accusing opponents, ensuring prosecutions rarely touch the powerful. The result is a state where poisoned rivers, collapsing food security, and rising health crises stand as evidence of betrayal on a scale that makes Rawlings’ 1979 warnings look almost prophetic. What was once rhetoric to justify a coup is now the lived reality of Ghanaians, only this time the enemy is not distant — it is within the system itself.
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asonaba asiedu 3 months ago

the government should take note. i also like the bit about osagyefo. i wish successive governments have bought into osagyefo`s ideologies. we won`t be in the mess we are in now if they did. mahama is trying but he should wor ...
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the government should take note. i also like the bit about osagyefo. i wish successive governments have bought into osagyefo`s ideologies. we won`t be in the mess we are in now if they did. mahama is trying but he should work a bit faster because 4 years is not that long. it should be done in such a way that the next government will have no choice but to continue where he leaves off.
Oprege 3 months ago

THAT IS A LIE: we are not getting our contaminated soil in its natural state ever again !

THAT IS A LIE: we are not getting our contaminated soil in its natural state ever again !
Concerned citizen 3 months ago

How has Galamsey and the proceeds from the so called legal mining companies benefited the Ghana State.

How has Galamsey and the proceeds from the so called legal mining companies benefited the Ghana State.
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Truth Table 3 months ago

Romans 10:13

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Quabina-Apontua Yeboah, California USA. 3 months ago

Am not sure 15 years is enough, probably the next 50 years or more.

Am not sure 15 years is enough, probably the next 50 years or more.

Isaac Boamah 3 months ago

Mahama must be forced to end galamsey, even if that will collapse his Gold bod

Mahama must be forced to end galamsey, even if that will collapse his Gold bod
Concerned citizen 3 months ago

These are not even corporations so we can't even term what they are doing as corporate greed; just pure individual greed. Search Minamata disease crisis and see what towns and villages across this country will face in a few y ...
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These are not even corporations so we can't even term what they are doing as corporate greed; just pure individual greed. Search Minamata disease crisis and see what towns and villages across this country will face in a few years. And being who we are as a nation we wouldn't even have the resources to combat it. Better act now!
Tsotsoo 3 months ago

I hope the fight against galamsey will continue until it is eradicated in Ghana completely. A very primitive way of mining for money. In fact it is disgraceful if some Chiefs say it is jobs for the boys. Thank you.

I hope the fight against galamsey will continue until it is eradicated in Ghana completely. A very primitive way of mining for money. In fact it is disgraceful if some Chiefs say it is jobs for the boys. Thank you.

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