The Ecological Damage Is Grave - Ghana Bishops Sound Alarm on Illegal Mining

The Ecological damage is grave - Ghana Bishops sound alarm on illegal mining

The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has issued a searing indictment of the country’s ecological destruction caused by illegal mining, calling for immediate and systemic intervention to halt what they describe as a “threat of national proportion.” Read all

Catholic Bishops urge President Mahama to declare galamsey state of emergency

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has declared its support for efforts by President John Dramani Mahama to arrest the menace of illegal mining (galamsey) in the country.  Reverend Matthew Gyamfi, the GCBC’s President, who is also the Bishop of the Sunyani Diocese, urged the President to declare a limited state of emergency in all the affected zones to suspend all mining activities temporarily, deploy military engineering units for rec…

Ghana Catholic Bishops' Urges Presidential Action on Critical National Issues

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC), led by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Gyamfi, Bishop of the Sunyani Diocese, has paid a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama at the Jubilee House, demanding urgent actions on some critical national issues. The meeting, characterised by sober reflection and heartfelt appeals, offered a rare but profound occasion for the Catholic Church to present what it called a “sacred space for frank re…

Galamsey: Catholic Bishops’ Conference urges gov’t to declare limited state of emergency in affected areas

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has revived calls for the government to show more commitment in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) by declaring a state of emergency in targeted areas affected by the menace. At a meeting with President Mahama at the Jubilee House on May 23, the Bishops demanded a repeal of the Mining and Minerals Act that permits mining in forest reserves and on water bodies. “Your Excellency, we propose the following a…