{"id":171935,"date":"2024-04-16T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T07:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/galamsey-polluting-ankobra-river-poisoning-locals\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T07:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T07:46:01","slug":"galamsey-polluting-ankobra-river-poisoning-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/galamsey-polluting-ankobra-river-poisoning-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey polluting Ankobra river, poisoning locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elizabeth Aluva Vaah, the Convener of the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group, has sounded a distressing alarm about the state of river bodies in the Western Region and beyond, attributing the degradation to illegal mining activities, colloquially known as \u201cGalamsey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Bernard Avle on <em><strong>The Point of View<\/strong><\/em> on <strong>Citi TV<\/strong>, Vaah voiced her worries about the worsening condition of the Ankobra River at Wiaso.<\/p>\n<p>She warned that individuals relying on the river for their daily needs are in danger of poisoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it\u2019s not just the major rivers that have been destroyed\u2026Might rivers like Tano, Birim, Ankobra, Pra, Offin have all been destroyed. Subilah, the stream captured in Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s biography stinks. We\u2019ve got to a point where we\u2019re being poisoned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody who relies on Ankobra River is being poisoned, all of us. We\u2019ve gotten to a point where either we do something, and we give ultimatums and bring the issues right to the doorsteps of our Nananom or we just watch ourselves poisoned to death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Convener of the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group highlighted the poisonous nature of the Ankobra River over the past 5 years due to the use of hazardous chemicals by illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 5 years, the Ankobra river has been getting dirtier by the day\u2026Children go there to swim, and we\u2019re destroying the childhood of these kids and killing them in the process. Not only is the Ankobra river dirty, it\u2019s also very poisonous, led mercury, cyanide, you see different mining companies dropping their garbage into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vaah, leading the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group, underscored the toxic state of the Ankobra River over the past five years, attributing it to the use of dangerous chemicals by illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, in Ayinase, in Ellembelle, the only river left in the entire district, called Amanzule, which goes all the way to Nzulezo, and even that one is threatened because a place has been given as a mining concession. They have dug a dam, as soon as there\u2019s a little bit of rain, it goes into the river Fian, which serves thousands of indigenes,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>She called for immediate action to halt illegal mining activities and called for a change in people\u2019s attitudes towards the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: <strong>https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Aluva Vaah, the Convener of the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group, has sounded a distressing alarm about the state of river bodies in the Western Region and beyond, attributing the degradation to illegal mining activities, colloquially known as \u201cGalamsey.\u201d In an interview with Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Citi TV, Vaah voiced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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