In a 2024 report, WaterAid warned that Ghana might have to import water by 2030 under a “business-as-usual” scenario as drinking water sources shrink due to pollution, especially from galamsey.
The state water utility has repeatedly cautioned that without curbing illegal mining and pollution, Ghana risks becoming an importer of water by 2030.
Researchers from the University of Cape Coast have stated that Ghana may have to import water by 2030 because of the inability to treat highly turbid
The Water Research Institute has warned that if current pollution trends continue, there could be no treatable surface or groundwater by 2030, implying the need to import water.
The core driver is severe pollution of major rivers, such as the Pra, Ankobra, and others from galamsey, which has:
* Raised turbidity levels far beyond treatment thresholds
* Reduced GWCL’s capacity to supply clean water in some areas by up to 75%
* Increased treatment costs and made some sources effectively untreatable with current infrastructure
Why is the government not actively implementing measures to address galamsey?
#StopGalamseyNow
This was sent to me today. There’s illegal mining happening right on the accra to Kumasi road at konongo but you’ll go on national television to lie to us that the situation is getting better. Why are illegal miners so brazen enough to do it close to a major road if not for the ineffectiveness of the security agencies! #StopGalamseyNow #EndillegalmininginGhana @ArmahKofiBuah
Your waterbodies and forests are crying for help… ANSWER.
Your taps are not running… ANSWER.
You’re buying water from private entities and do not know the quality of the water… ANSWER.
#StopGalamseyNow
You people claim you want change, but you are not willing to fight for it. If it is not at your convenience, you are not ready.
You want change, but you want someone else to make the sacrifice. You do not care about your country enough to make the sacrifices necessary to bring about that change.
This year, when we organized the protest, TV3 put out a statement that the police had sought an injunction against the protest because it happened to fall on the same day as the State of the Nation Address. Did you people show up? NO!
The people who cared, and those who were not afraid of getting “arrested,” showed up.
ME, I HAD EXAMS O! And it would have been even more convenient for me to push the protest date, but did I? NO!
Because advocating for something you genuinely believe in should not always be about convenience. Sometimes, you have to make sacrifices for the things you claim to care about.
I had exams, and I was actively going to school while doing my advocacy. I got sick multiple times, and I STILL CONTINUED.
So why can’t we make the sacrifices necessary for the betterment of our country?
You cannot constantly complain about the state of this country and demand change while expecting someone else to do all the difficult work. At some point, we have to be willing to sacrifice our time, comfort and convenience for the change we claim to want.
If we genuinely want a better Ghana, then we have to be willing to fight for it, even when it is inconvenient.
#StopGalamseyNow
@SamueILFC Maybe we should move Jacquet to the so he and macca play the double pivot. Araujo partners Virgil at the back and we move szobo to the right back.
🚨BREAKING🇬🇭🙏🏾: Veteran Ghanaian gospel musician Bernice Offei, 63, has been reported MISSING after she was last seen on Sept. 1 around Nyaho-Tamakloe Street, Agbogba, Accra.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact 024 878 1971 / 024 755 3431 or report to the nearest police station.
Please share widely.
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Trailer with registration number GC 2291-09 recklessly plying a stretch in Adenta with an unsecured container, posing a serious safety risk to other motorists.
[🎥: Nana Kwame Adusei]
*GALAMSEY ONGOING IN ABESEWA FOREST!* 🚨
The President John Dramani Mahama must act NOW!
Sack DCE for Ahafo Ano South East, Ibrahim Yamba Nelson, over alleged involvement in illegal mining.
MP Yakubu Mohammed* must also account for taking money from galamseyers.