The purpose of the meeting is to deliberate, solicit views, make inputs and consider the way forward in ensuring proper ways of exploiting our mineral resources (mining) and saving our environment- lands and water Bodies.

Addressing the gathering, the District Chief Executive Mr. William Bediako Asante said that our water bodies and our environment are destroyed because of the the illegal mining activities and appealed to the people engaging in galamsey to comply with the President Nana Akufo Addo’s directives to save our natural Resources.

The convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Mr Ken Ashigbey who is the Managing Director of Graphic Communications Group appealed to Nananom and all stakeholders to support the Government’s move to stop the activities of Galamsey.

The Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta Mr Albert Quari Quaim who spoke on behalf of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources said the government is not against galamsey but the way of doing it is what the government is against because of the destruction of river bodies and environment.

He asked the people to have faith in government as government is doing its best to find a lasting solution to the Galamsey activities.

The leader of the small scale mining association asked the government to allow them reclaim the land as they have already started to do, instead of Government to spend money to reclaim the lands.

Nana Akrasi Frimpong Manso Nkwanta Anyinasehene chaired the function.

He said the Tradition council would continue to support the Government to prevent river bodies and environment from getting polluted.