The rest will be commissioned in the coming weeks.Okyenhene maintained that, mining is not entirely a bad activity but the irresponsible ways of mining leading to destructions of water bodies, bio-diversity and the eco-system should not be encouraged."Those of us who lived here witnessed how mining was done decades ago.
So why are we destroying the environment now?" Osagyefo questioned.According to Osagyefo, all the mining communities in Ghana including Akwatia, Obuasi and Tarkwa have close to nothing to show evidencing the benefit of mining within the communities as compared to Johannesburg in South Africa."When I returned to Akwatia after years of living in the State, I was sad.
The devastation is troubling and I don't like it," Okyenhene said.Delivering the State of Oseawuo report to Okyenhene, Oseawuohene Daasebre Dr.
Asumadu Appiah announced that, the Oseawuo division has stopped all forms of illegal lumbering within the Kwaebibirim enclave.He said, Nananoom has engaged the youth of Oseawuo who were mining in and on the Birim River to stop the devastation.According to Daasebre Dr.
Asumadu Appiah, the Birim River has been raided off all illegal mining activities and the turbidity level of the river has been restored to normalcy.He said, Nananoom continues to educate the youth over government policy on sustainable community mining schemes that will benefit the masses rather than the privileged few.