{"id":307874,"date":"2017-04-04T12:44:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307874"},"modified":"2017-04-04T12:44:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:44:43","slug":"galamsey-in-ghana-affecting-ivory-coast-frimpong-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/galamsey-in-ghana-affecting-ivory-coast-frimpong-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey in Ghana affecting Ivory Coast – Frimpong-Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"
Neigbouring Ivory Coast is unhappy with Ghana following activities of illegal miners in Ghana, which they claim is affecting water bodies in that country.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng made the revelation on Tuesday during the launch of a media coalition against the galamsey menace in\u00a0the country.<\/p>\n
According to the Minister, he was confronted with the situation when he went to the country for a conference.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”nZ6uyikH7CJVH6trjGNtKgWEw0Epca7e”]\u201cI was in Abidjan from Wednesday to Saturday for a conference and I was confronted with galamsey almost immediately on the effects that the galamsey in Ghana is having on Ivory Coast because River Bia enters Ivory Coast almost at the lower thirds. And Tano enters the Lagoon and it is polluting the Bia lagoon so they cannot even treat water in some of their treatment plants.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they [Ivorians] took advantage of my presence to organize a press conference. I met the Minister for Environment and the Mining Minister and they asked me to speak to their people. I made it clear to them that we are very serious to stop galamsey and I was able to convince them that indeed we are serious. The good thing is that, they always made reference to the good relationship between Ghana and Ivory Coast and especially between Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and the President of Ivory Coast,\u201d Prof. Boateng added.<\/p>\n
The Bia River serves as a vital source of water for the residents of Bianouan in eastern Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n