23 die in Galamsey pit drownings in Ashanti as NADMO calls for rescue support

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Alhaji Nasir Mohammed Ibrahim, has raised alarm over the growing number of deaths caused by drowning in abandoned illegal mining (galamsey) pits, describing the situation as a major humanitarian challenge confronting the region.

Speaking on the region’s disaster situation, in an interview with GHone News, Alhaji Ibrahim disclosed that NADMO recovered 19 bodies during the period, while four victims remain missing.

Alhaji Ibrahim appealed to corporate organisations, development partners, faith-based institutions and philanthropists to extend similar support to the Ashanti Region to strengthen disaster preparedness, emergency response and recovery efforts.