Politicians engaged and fueling galamsey in Ghana – Bernard Mornah

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• AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

  The Chief Justice of Ghana is very unpatriotic for blocking the decentralization of Legal Education. Her stubborn stance has led to many Ghanaians not knowing their rights as enshrined in our law books and, for that reason, a ...
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  The Chief Justice of Ghana is very unpatriotic for blocking the decentralization of Legal Education. Her stubborn stance has led to many Ghanaians not knowing their rights as enshrined in our law books and, for that reason, a lot of foreign entities have fleeced Ghanaians and many of our compatriots are unaware of it.
  I am one person who, through my single efforts, has been able to protect many Ghanaians from being cheated by the Telcos through short codes 1733 and 1303. Any Ghanaian who receives messages from these short codes has automatically been short-changed. It happened to me on some few occasions and when I protested and asked for a refund, I was able to get GHC7.55 back - to my surprise. Imagine some 5million subscribers of that telco being deducted this amount monthly. You can now see how the Telcos are making cheap money and repatriating it back to their countries all because majority of Ghanaians don't know law. Later when I checked those behind this dubious deal I was told the company's name is MTech and almost all the directors are from Eastern Nigeria. Initially when I started the fight, NCA personnel did everything to frustrate me but because I had sound knowledge in Global Corporate and Business Law, I was able to trap them after which they had no option than to divulge sensitive information to me. How was I able to acquire the knowledge to salvage Ghanaians? It is because I got the chance to subscribe to a programme by distance learning, at the comfort of my home, even though I had to part ways with some few British Pounds. You see, if the British have made it possible for me to acquire such a wonderful legal knowledge, what prevents our Legal Council from putting measures in place to decentralize Legal Training? My people, I am currently battling a foreign bank in Ghana which is also fleecing their unsuspecting clienteles. I know I am going to win without a lawyer because I have a superior legal knowledge - thanks to the Queen of England who has made this possible.
  Well, critics of the decentralized system have argued in favour of quality and my question is; after practicing the current centralized system for decades what have we achieved apart from high court judges taking bribes.

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• Naana 7 years ago

  That the new order from the Minister of Lands and Minerals . He means business to stop the galamsey.

  That the new order from the Minister of Lands and Minerals . He means business to stop the galamsey.

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• Francis Owusu 7 years ago

  Suggest something. Are you one of them?
  Let the task force start work and local vigilante groups be set to blow the whistle for action, not to the police directly, for we know the Ghana police, but to some special set up off ...
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  Suggest something. Are you one of them?
  Let the task force start work and local vigilante groups be set to blow the whistle for action, not to the police directly, for we know the Ghana police, but to some special set up office line. We shall see results. The only problem is the labelling which is not illegal. Minister, kick start.

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• FRANK , MARYLAND 7 years ago

  Criminal politicians. Expose n shame them. What right hv they to enact laws for us when they themselves r not law abiding? Shame on all of them.

  Criminal politicians. Expose n shame them. What right hv they to enact laws for us when they themselves r not law abiding? Shame on all of them.

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• 21st century boy 7 years ago

  OUR CURRENT LEADERS INCLUDING OUR VERY PRESIDENTS DONT HAVE ANY GOOD INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE NOT INFLUENTIAL ON THE COUNTRY AT ALL. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO BE TRIBALIST IN GOVERNMENT. ABOVE ALL THEY DONT RU ...
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  OUR CURRENT LEADERS INCLUDING OUR VERY PRESIDENTS DONT HAVE ANY GOOD INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE NOT INFLUENTIAL ON THE COUNTRY AT ALL. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO BE TRIBALIST IN GOVERNMENT. ABOVE ALL THEY DONT RULE BY LAW BUT BY THEIR OWN PERCEPTION OF GOVERNANCE. AMERICA IS SUFFERING THE SAME WAY.

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• Jd 7 years ago

  All regions apart from greater Accra and volta have gold,starting from Apam in the central to the upper regions.We have hundreds of thousands engaged in galamsey and milions depending on it.Galamsey has its negative effects,b ...
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  All regions apart from greater Accra and volta have gold,starting from Apam in the central to the upper regions.We have hundreds of thousands engaged in galamsey and milions depending on it.Galamsey has its negative effects,but let's be selective in tackling it.We have Dredging in water bodies which must be banned and also surface mining,which scrapes off the land surface ,also must be banned.The third is the sinking of shafts(wells) which can be acceptable so long as the pits are filled after using them otherwise they will be death traps for centuries.To implement the ministers ultimatum,he may need to bring in all security forces to patrol almost 80% of ghana which will drain the state financially and of valuable time,because it's not going to be a short term operation and the galamseyers are going to resist including hide and seek.Better regularize their activities by giving them small scale mining concessions to sink wells and pay taxes and be obliged to fill the abandoned pits like any other concession holder.This using of force will not help anybody,for the short term yes but they will always go back.We have serious economic problems in the country,the cedi is falling high unemployment,Galamsey is part of the solution just manage them well.Confrontation is not the best option now,what we need is a human touch,Ban mining in water bodies and surface mining but give small scale concessions to cmtes or individual ghanaians who can afford and monitor their operations.The mighty international companies you are courting give us up to 10%,whilst the Galamsey revenue stays100% in ghana.Ps.Obuasi is a hanging town of Adansi with many tunnels under it ,these firms with their powerful machinery can hang many ghanaian towns ,a little Earth Quake?!And they are not galamseyers.

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