The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has condemned the clashes between illegal miners and officials of Anglogold Ashanti which lead to the death of the company\u2019s communications specialist,John Owusu.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0union contends that\u00a0such acts of indiscipline should not be condoned as it fears it may escalate in the near future if not checked.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”nTedCEiBNz97rOnpFVCFz6A61nkQvGag”]The Mine Workers’\u00a0Union’s\u00a0comment comes after the Ashanti Regional Police Command told Citi Business News<\/strong> that they have arrested two persons in connection with the death of AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s Communication Director, John Owusu.<\/p>\n Officials at AngloGold prior to the incident had consistently complained about their mine concessions being taken over by the illegal miners.<\/p>\n Speaking to Citi Business News,\u00a0<\/strong>General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union, Prince William Ankrah called on the security agencies to be ruthless in dealing with illegal miners as they protect lives and properties of the legally registered mining companies.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody should encourage this activity of illegal miners; we condemn it entirely and we need to be careful as a nation. We don\u2019t accommodate some of these behaviors. Even though we all agree that we need to all have sources of livelihood. But the security agencies must be seen dealing with all those who are said to be part of the act. We as a union were shocked to have heard that John Owusu has passed away because these galamsey operators were chasing them.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Norvan Acquah – Hayford\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has condemned the clashes between illegal miners and officials of Anglogold Ashanti which lead to the death of the company\u2019s communications specialist,John Owusu. The\u00a0union contends that\u00a0such acts of indiscipline should not be condoned as it fears it may escalate in the near future if not checked. [contextly_sidebar id=”nTedCEiBNz97rOnpFVCFz6A61nkQvGag”]The Mine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,1206,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n