From Galamsey to Agriculture: Seized water pumps given new use

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  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 3 months ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine......for instance 15 paracetamol at once...........or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Rose 3 months ago

    Agood one there .Always use the seized excavators for irrigation canals

  • Fireman 3 months ago

    Also roads and drains that are in bad condition. All the major and small road are in bad condition.

  • K O Nash 3 months ago

    Where there’s no laws there’s no civilization. All this seized items must distribute among the cities with water problems. The rest burned it to ashes, the director who is responsible for this item must be twenty four hou ...
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  • Samuel Fosu Mensah Jnr 3 months ago

    Kindly give us the number to when there is an illegal activity going on around your vicinity. Expecially cocoa farm areas.

  • Bayo Kwame 3 months ago

    Very good initiative. We need to improve our infrastructures and food production for the population.Also let us fight against Galamsey to protect our lands and the environment.We hope to see more active actions to crush down ...
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  • Mr no nonsense 3 months ago

    So,are they going to give it to them for free or sell them to the farmers,cos I see someone pocketing the money

  • kojo 3 months ago

    Good initiative,but we have make sure the beneficiary farmers will not sell back to the galamseyers. There should be a tracking mechanism to monitor the farmers.
    On the excavators, DRIP Co-ordinator should account to Ghanai ...
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  • GD 3 months ago

    Well done

  • Kofi Antubam 3 months ago

    Why has it taken this long to do what is not only obvious but sensible?

  • Nana Nana koomson 3 months ago

    How many have you also allowed to go in exchange of money.- yes or no
    Two Chinese nationals were picked by national security' at galamsey site from my village.one week ago in my constituency.in my presence - yes in my pres ...
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  • Isaac Dankwa 3 months ago

    It's a fantastic idea,but where are the owners of these equipment,are they in jail?of course not; they should be paraded on the streets for the public to know the evil contributors

  • Jon swam 3 months ago

    That’s good, what about the Chang gang?

  • Douglas Atambila Nyaaba 3 months ago

    I hope these machines will actually reach the rightful beneficiaries. Just afraid the politician will hijack them. We need them in Bolga for irrigation

  • Odiasempa 3 months ago

    The equipments can be sent to them alright but they must assure GHANIANS that they are nomore going to fight amongst themselves but are willing to do better things with their strength. Just look at what happened at Akwatia be ...
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  • Kweku 3 months ago

    For once Ghanaians have taken a rational decision. Well done.

  • Jacob 3 months ago

    What remains unsaid is what the Government is doing to identify and deal with the big guys behind the excavators and pumps. Let ONE STATE AGENCY deal with this Gallamsey decisively and purposefully. If we continue with so man ...
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  • Nana Agyeman 3 months ago

    Where's monies,generators,gold found

  • Citizen 3 months ago

    It's a good decision to give out these pumps to the agric ministry for irrigation farming but let's also make sure we're not putting people health at risk. Remember, these pumps were used to pump chemically polluted water. Th ...
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  • Stephen 3 months ago

    Has the galamsey menace really stopped? I wish one can come to Bonzain in the Juaboso District and see devastation ongoing to the forest. I see police driving around and excavators moving in and out all the time. We're sittin ...
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  • Kofi 3 months ago

    Good for resetting Ghana agenda

  • Odiasempa 3 months ago

    THIS IS VERY THOUGHTFUL PLAN, GOOD INITIATIVE BUT I SUGGEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST HELP THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO REAR THE "NKOKO NKETENKETE" BY WAY OF CONSTRUCTING THE BARNS AND IMPORT THE CHICKS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THEM AT ...
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