Umaru Amadu Sanda Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/umaru-amadu-sanda/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Sat, 08 Apr 2017 07:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Umaru Amadu Sanda Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/umaru-amadu-sanda/ 32 32 Food or Gold: Mining Kenyasi’s crops [Documentary] https://citifmonline.com/2017/04/food-or-gold-mining-kenyasis-crops-documentary/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 07:31:03 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=307848 Mining giant, Newmont Ghana was given a huge concession of 550 square kilometres spanning some three districts in the Brong Ahafo Region, known as the Ahafo lease. But before the concession, a number of farmers were operating on the land. Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu travelled to the gold mining areas of the Brong Ahafo […]

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]]> Mining giant, Newmont Ghana was given a huge concession of 550 square kilometres spanning some three districts in the Brong Ahafo Region, known as the Ahafo lease.

But before the concession, a number of farmers were operating on the land.

A family's abode directly behind mining residue
A family’s abode directly behind mining residue
Cocoal plantation at Kenyasi
A cocoa plantation at Kenyasi

Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu travelled to the gold mining areas of the Brong Ahafo Region to investigate if the activities Newmont Ghana have any effect on the crops produced in the region which is Ghana’s food basket.

The Brong Ahafo Region, which covers Newmont’s concessions, accounts for 20-30 percent of Ghana’s total food supply, according to statistics from the Regional Directorate of Agriculture.

A tailings dam
A tailings dam

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Newmont has four mining pits covering several dozen kilometres of land where it carries out surface mining. The key communities affected by the mining include Kenyasi No. 1 and 2, Ntotroso, Wamahinso and Gyedu.

Find below the Umaru Sanda Amadu’s report on the situation on the ground

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