{"id":169939,"date":"2024-04-09T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/09\/sefwi-youth-seize-galamsey-fuel\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:25:08","slug":"sefwi-youth-seize-galamsey-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/09\/sefwi-youth-seize-galamsey-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sefwi Youth Seize Galamsey Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The truck loaded with the tanks of fuel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The youth of Sefwi Akontombra in the Western North Region have reportedly intercepted a vehicle which was loaded with tanks of fuel and headed towards an illegal mining site in the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, after seizing the volumes of fuel, the youth subsequently handed the products over to the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>A video that had gone viral on social media showed the youth climbing onto the truck which was transporting the tanks of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The youth were also seen stopping a pick-up truck which was accompanying the truck and ordered the driver to step out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> learnt that the youth have earlier vowed not to let illegal mining activities continue in their communities since their arable lands and water bodies are being destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the residents claimed that the youth have on a number of occasions organized demonstrations calling on the government to help stop the menace in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Sefwi Akontombra, Alex Tetteh, is reported to have indicated that he was in support of the youth action to stop galamsey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truck loaded with the tanks of fuel \u00a0 The youth of Sefwi Akontombra in the Western North Region have reportedly intercepted a vehicle which was loaded with tanks of fuel and headed towards an illegal mining site in the area. 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