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‘Rivers now run like chocolate milk’ - Sir Sam Jonah sounds alarm on ‘galamsey’

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  • Oko 3 days ago

    Ekow you forget that you introduce surface mining which has grown to this mess called galamsey

  • p.r.o.p.h.e.t... M.o.h.a.m.m.e.d..was a s.i.c.k..d.o.g 3 days ago

    Burn the q.u.r.a.n. and k.i.l.l...m.u.s.l.i.m.s..

  • Karikakchar 3 days ago

    Someone ought to come clean! Irresponsible mining is causing a mess. The obvious thing is that most of these irresponsible mining companies have some form of government authorization and that’s sad. I’m not referring to a ...
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  • Dedat 3 days ago

    Repent and stop insulting the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW).

  • Mr Smith 3 days ago

    Why do respected senior citizens best about the bush when it comes to such national issues of grave concerns? They should speak truth to authority. Hiding behind microphones does not solve the problem. That turns out to be hy ...
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  • NDC Is The Nation Destroyers Committee And Narcotic Distributors Company. 3 days ago

    This Useless Big Head For Nothing Sam Jonah Who Has Enriched Himself With Our Gold Now, Calling Himself A Millionaire. JJ Rawlings Appointed This Evil To Head Our Gold Mines In Ghana, They Both Created Galamsey By Given It Na ...
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  • Randy 3 days ago

    Surely he did.

  • Charles Agyin Asare 3 days ago

    Again Asare ,are u still preaching on galamsey in your church ? Hypocrite fool !!

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  • Prince 3 days ago

    Since wen did he relise this.

    Hmm. Uve taken ur pound of flesh. So u now talking

  • p.r.o.p.h.e.t... M.o.h.a.m.m.e.d..was a s.i.c.k..d.o.g 3 days ago

    Burn the. q.u.r.a.n. ...and k.i.l.l...m.u.s.l.i.m.s..

  • Dedat 3 days ago

    Repent and stop insulting the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW)..

  • Sleeping Tablett 3 days ago

    I once read Ghana is amoung the top ten countries in the world with very low IQ. How long are we going to continue sleeping.. Ghanaians don't think about the environment what a pity

  • Daftic. 3 days ago

    @ sleeping tablet.! Iq measurement is part of scientific racism to try to explain why blacks lagged,because the people who designed it can't find the cause of it. Okay okay is there iq test to measure genius level of football ...
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  • Sage 3 days ago

    Ignorant homosapiens.
    Value addition in all spheres is key, even in football.

  • @RealNapo 3 days ago

    We actually comment based on emotions. The man is trying to warn us about the eminent catastrophe that can be fall us. Even if he introduced surface mining or just came to realise the effect, we must act, that is what he is s ...
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  • Koo 3 days ago

    Dont mind them,he introduce proper mechanise surface rock mining not alluvia garlamsey mining,you may have your diefference about some one ,that doesnt mean you can not reason when the person is making sense

  • Blue Pen 3 days ago

    @Koo. You are right. But one thing inspires another. Others may have taken lessons and inspiration from the surface mining introduced by JA Kufour and Sam Jonah. They cannot completely escape blame. But more importantly, the ...
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  • Ajax 3 days ago

    Look at this man! JA Kufour didn't introduce Surface Mining Ghana; it started in the '90s. Get your facts straight before misleading people. Tebrebie, Tarkwa, Abosso, Bogosso, and Amansie Goldfields began in the '90s, during ...
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  • THE LONE CRUSADER 3 days ago

    OGA! IBI NOW YOU DE SEE?THESE EVIL MEN OUT OF POWER THIRSTY LIED TO GHS!USED GALA FOR THEIR WILL! THEY PROMOTED IT FROM 2015 BECAUSE OF THAT UNFRIUTFUL $3BILLION DEMONIC loan WHICH PERMITTED CHINTOK INMATED TO SCRAMBLE GH W I ...
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  • This is Serious 3 days ago

    The Government, Chiefs , Kings , Police and Army must act now. No Mercy

  • CatY 3 days ago

    I don't remember the last time I took chocolate drink.kindly help with the direction of this river so that I will buy my bread and enjoy my drink

  • Yao 3 days ago

    The man is warning us and people are insulting him?. He did not do galamsey as Obuasi means were operating legal surface mines and not the crude galamsey. With this attitude, the NDC government will continue to turn a blind e ...
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  • Wofa Yaw 3 days ago

    He is the same person creating the company to do mining in coastal sea.
    Always looking for ways to make money. What happens to our fishermen?
    Sam please come clean.

  • Susan Djan 3 days ago

    VERY TRUE
    YOOOOOOO

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  • UK boy 3 days ago

    Majority of ndc members are fools, animals and stupid

  • Blue Pen 3 days ago

    That is absolutely true, and are the majority of NPP members. Both NDC and NPP, the value is the same. But very typical of you NDC and NPP zombies, you only see or acknowledge the failings and crimes of the other party but ne ...
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  • Lash 3 days ago

    Sam Jonah thanks for being a patriot

  • Asase Ba 3 days ago

    How many years did this fool wait to say something about environmental degradation through illegal mining? Fock him

  • Sarkodie 3 days ago

    John Mahama is business as usual president. No impact

  • Pelicles 3 days ago

    These are some of the reasons some countries are trying to have our medical records to see if we Black Africans are normal humans or what exactly are we. Yes, because no normal humans will sit, watch as their environments are ...
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  • Stev 3 days ago

    Is still Wumtumi back from prison to continue polluting Ghana river bodies and the sea with galamsay as NDC government announced it or president of the day is the corporate?.

  • Mark Pepper 3 days ago

    Every citizen of the nation is disturbed concerning galamsey. The very few people destroying river bodies; degrading The environment are encouraged to pursue interest because GoldBod is resourced. And in doing so Cédi is sus ...
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  • Neutral 3 days ago

    Sir Sam Jonah i admire you longtime ago. If Chairman Wontumi is the cause of spoiling river bodies, why is the damage still ongoing? Tell prez to free Wontumi.

  • That is African leaders for you 3 days ago

    Hypocrite.
    We don't know where you stand

  • COMMENT 3 days ago

    NO GHANAIAN IS TALKING ABOUT THE GOLD MINING ALONG THE BEACHES OF GHANA...
    ONSHORE MINING AND OFFSHORE. MINING.
    The NDC Mahama government must stop the ongoing mining for gold along the seashore of Ghana. Does Sam Jonah kno ...
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  • KOFI DOKU..Standards 3 days ago

    This is definitely NOT about any political party..as both cannot resolve. It is about the moral fiber of all Ghanaians.Ghanaians are just corrupt people and very unpatriotic. Galamsey proves this point!

  • Kk 3 days ago

    Thank you Sir for being bold to say...The religious leaders will be insulted by government appointees when they talk about galamsey so they are all quiet

  • John Mahama is a criminal ! 3 days ago

    John, this is not why we voted for u !! Declare state of emergency NOW !! Idiot !!

  • Jaja 3 days ago

    Look at this hypocrite? Just repeat what you said when the NPP was government

  • COMMENT 3 days ago

    SCRAMBLE FOR GHANA GOLD
    ● GOLD MINING ON THE LANDS & FORESTS
    ● GOLD MINING IN THE RIVERS
    ● GOLD MINING ALONG THE SEASHORE

  • Ichigo 3 days ago

    Ghana’s consistent voice of truth.

  • Mango 3 days ago

    You started it, korle bu has no beds , mattress and bedsheets, meanwhile you sit in South Africa with a lot of gold money

  • Paul Cepho 3 days ago

    If Ukraine, a much less advanced country than Ghana, can fly drones into Russia, then Ghana can patrol the air with galamsey seeking drones. Oh Great Mahama, patrol the skies and target these Chinese polluters and rapers of o ...
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  • Frodo 3 days ago

    Not the chief sellout himself

  • Tosh 3 days ago

    The environmental catastrophe caused by illegal mining has already caused irreversible damage to our forests, rivers and soils, whilst our government continues the foot dragging. According to UN statistics, Ghana is loosing ...
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  • The Devil’s Advocate 3 days ago

    Where were you from 2016 to 2024 Mr Jonah? You just found your tongue.As a former mining executive you should have come out on this issue a lot sooner.Better late than never.
    The one time self-declared parallel Otumfuo becau ...
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  • La jla 3 days ago

    Search For Bread

  • Innocent Ghanaian 3 days ago

    HUMANITY; BREAKING NEWS!! Right! Because The Same Hypocrites Posing As gods And goddesses Of The So-Called Galamsey Fight, Are The Very And Same LOOTERS Of The Resources Of Ours Nation Ghana For Their FAMILIES In Ghana. DAMAN ...
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  • Prayer 3 days ago

    Where is Prof Gyampo? He chopped sati dey coolerrr for one corner! In 2024,he was all over the place with UTAG this,UTAG that on the Galamsey menace!!! How come after a fat appointment,the fellow is gone mum like a dumb sheep ...
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  • Elizabeth Vaah 3 days ago

    Is that why he wanta to mine the sea?

  • Bentum 3 days ago

    Sam Jonah you know that and want to do same to our sea

  • Obrempong 3 days ago

    The bottom line is that who is fighting against
    the Galamsey whether or not he/she is a
    Devil, Ghanaians must listen to him or her.
    Ghanaians must do away with stupidity and
    Listen to him and stop the madness and
    Disa ...
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  • yago 3 days ago

    Sam Jonah...another kwasia idiot. did he just realize this?

  • Kweku 3 days ago

    Ghanaians politicians are not interested to stop galamsey in Ghana because they are benefiting from these illegal mining activities. Very soon, most of our forest reserves and water bodies will disappear in the country

  • Wendy 3 days ago

    Sam Jonah, please it to your recalcitrant friend John Mahama.

  • Hanson K.K 3 days ago

    The milk and chocolate water is the quality of water they want sa there is no cause for alarm.
    For them gold is better than quality water, so let it be like that for them.
    Apart from Chairman Wontumi, who is jailed for ga ...
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  • Dr. Sr. NPP 2 days ago

    Kwasia, and yet you wanted to mine in our water bodies. Foolish jonah. Idiot. After he's being denied he wants to attack the Minister with propaganda. Odwan Sam jonah.

  • Francis B. 2 days ago

    I hope the minister for Lands is listening. He should be ashamed of boasting of reducing effect of galamsey on the river bodies.