PREZ. NANA ADDO WILL LEGALIZE GALAMSEY - Mireku Duker.

The Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency, Mr. George Mireku Duker has hinted that President Nana Addo will legalize illegal mining popularly called "galamsey" to help create more jobs for the youth.

Mr. George Mireku Duker

The first time legislator but a formal Municipal chief executive (MCE) for the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region is firmly assuring the people in his constituency especially the youth that the Nana Addo led administration is going to refined the way they have been doing mining in the area as small scale miners and give them prepare training as to how to reclaim the land afterwards.

The assurance comes on the back of propaganda pealed by the NDC in the constituency that the Nana Addo led administration is going to collapse small scale mining business in the town which has been the heartbeat of most household in the Municipality.

“You cannot talk of Tarkwa Nsueam without small scale mining or “galamsey” and I have told the young men that we the NPP have not come to collapse galamsey we will look for a nice way to group them and give them training and license to operate as small scale mining so that they will not destroy our water bodies and the land”.

He mentioned that the 'legalization policy's the small scale mining sector will be mindful of protecting water bodies, forest reserves and proper reclamation of the land on which they mine.

He however seized the opportunity to thank, Chiefs and people of the Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency for bestowing on him the honor to serve in the August house in their interest.

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BISHOP DR. BOTWEY URGE GHANAIANS TO VOTE THE RIGHT PEOPLE INTO GOVERNMENT IN 2016

Bishop Dr. Emmanuel Kweku Botwey, General Overseer of Christian Faith Church International (CFCI) in Takoradi has bemoaned the fact that the effects of the current energy crisis have affected the nation badly.

BISHOP DR. EMMANUEL KWEKU BOTWEY
(General Overseer, Christian Faith Church International) 

According to him, the current erratic power supply, which had prevailed in the country for over two years had made thousands of Ghanaians, particularly those in the informal sector, suffer and that industry was laying off workers.

 “There is hopelessness all over the place; we should not be like the proverbial ostrich that buries its head in the sand. The truth is that things are not going on well”, he stressed.


Bishop Botwey was speaking at the opening of the 23rd Session of the General Council of the church held in Takoradi yesterday Sunday 3rd May 2015 on the theme “Moving forward with the Greater Works Agenda”.

The Bishop alleged that in Ghana today, there is naked corruption that is senseless, mindless and sickening.



He urged Ghanaians to vote for people who could fight and cause real change in the next general elections; otherwise Ghana would never see the progress the people wanted.

“Let us reject politicians whose loyalty is directed to their parties instead of the nation. All Christians must exercise their franchise and ensure that democracy remained viable and active in the nation”, he noted.

He said it was unfortunate that Christians who were in political positions seemed not to have influence on the nation’s political atmosphere adding “They allow partisan politics to negate their Christian beliefs”.

 “I call on all Christians to pray fervently for Ghana and intercede that the Lord will remove any dark clouds from our nation”, he noted.

He regretted that churches and Christians had lost their focus of the main task of the church which was evangelization and discipleship of the world.

“We are also witnessing the commercialization of some churches, with so- called Ministers of God destroying the image of the Christian church with their questionable activities”, he added.


Reading the year under reviews report to the gathering, Bishop Botwey said that CFCI’s school at Effiakuma near Takoradi had seen considerable improvements under a new management and added that the church would soon implement a proposed Credit Union for members.

He added that the church had opened new branches in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions and extended its horizons of operations to other areas in the western region.

He mentioned that the church’s branch in the United States of America had moved to a new church building in Romeoville near Chicago.

“Our church in Manistee, Michigan has also moved into a new worship centre”, he added.

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Fishermen Protest MEDEA Seismic Survey at ECTP

The fishermen associations in the the western region are fiercely protesting the signing of an agreement reached by GNPC and MEDEA DEVELOPMENT LTD to undertake a Seismic survey on the east cape three point (ECTP) sub-basin in Offshore Ghana.

The meeting which took place at the Sekondi fishing Harbour between official of GNPC, MEDEA and the fishermen ended without the fishermen signing the agreement which was agreed and signed by GNPC and MEDEA about 7 months ago.

The seismic vessel will tow 6 streamers each 8 km long with 100 m separation and will be escorted by 2 guard boats. Speaking to Joseph Eshun, the secretary to the Sekondi Canon Owners Association, he noted that the 70 days seismic survey is greatly going to affect their work knowing to well the month of August is a bumper harvest for fishermen in the western region of Ghana. 

According to him, they were not consulted in the process before signing the agreement. "now GNPC want us to sign documents we know nothing about, no way it's not possible. Until GNPC deems it fit to listen to our side and consider how best to go about this Seismic survey, we the fishermen in Ghana are going to protest this fiercely".

Adding that, I fishermen in the western region will resist any arrangements so far as the booming oil and gas industry in Ghana is concern that careless of their welfare. 

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