{"id":464541,"date":"2018-02-15T10:54:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/give-up-on-illegal-mining-to-save-the-environment-mce\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T10:54:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:54:50","slug":"give-up-on-illegal-mining-to-save-the-environment-mce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/give-up-on-illegal-mining-to-save-the-environment-mce\/","title":{"rendered":"Give up on illegal mining to save the environment &#8211; MCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/76703923.295.jpg\" alt=\"Galamsey Arrest\" title=\"Galamsey Arrest\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518692090_753_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Asante-Akim South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Alexander Frimpong, has called for the youth to give up on illegal mining to save the <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nenvironment.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was in everybody\u2019s interest that they took care of the rivers and streams, forests and farmlands.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking at public forum held at Ofoase by the municipal committee on illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was to assist the people to have better understanding of the dangers and harmful effects of illicit and unregulated mining.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Frimpong repeated that the government was not averse to gold mining but that it wanted to see the right things being done &#8211; properly regulated.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, chaired by the MCE, has been touring the communities to rally the population behind the fight against illegal mining, popularly referred to as \u2018galamsey\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Serving on it are representatives of the Ghana Immigration Service, Minerals Commission, Forestry Commission, Ghana Police Service, Traditional Authorities and the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Frimpong told the people that the ban on the activity was in force and warned of the arrest and prosecution of anybody who defied the prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged the young people to take advantage of the \u2018planting for food and jobs\u2019 programme and other interventions introduced by the government to improve their living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Konadu Yiadom, a member of the committee, urged chiefs and land owners not to connive with illegal miners to ruin the environment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 72 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 15 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-15 File photo The Asante-Akim South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Alexander Frimpong, has called for the youth to give up on illegal mining to save the &#13; environment. 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