In an appearance on TV3's Key Points on Saturday, November 30, former Minister of Environment, Science & Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, expressed grave concerns over the future of Ghana's environment and food security.
He painted a bleak picture of the nation's prospects if illegal small-scale mining, commonly known as galamsey, continues unchecked. "The hunger that will befall us in the future is unimaginable," Prof.
Frimpong-Boateng warned. "Illegal miners are destroying all our pipelines and biodiversity, and nobody cares," he added, his voice filled with frustration.
The former minister, who has long been vocal about the detrimental effects of galamsey, emphasized the widespread environmental damage caused by unregulated mining activities, which have devastated large swathes of the country's forests and farmlands.