The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has urged the government to implement drastic measures to combat illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
According to the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the EPA, Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, the galamsey menace is exacerbating the impact of climate change, with one of the consequences being the scarcity of potable water in several parts of Ghana.
In a media interview following her presentation of a scholarly work as the former head of the Department of Physics at the University of Ghana, Professor Klutse stressed that the entire nation must be concerned about the galamsey issue.
“We are really constrained in terms of getting quality water and available water for use in this country. We have also beyond the water, the land that is already affected by climate change. We know about deforestation and the nutrients of our soil is also threatened by climate change. However, we have issues of illegal mining that are also affecting our land.
“And we have to be concerned about this. So looking at the impact of climate change, which there is nothing we can do about, but we know there is a lot we can do about the illegal mining activities in the country.”
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