Award-winning Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari has added her voice to calls on government to take an urgent action against illegal mining in the country.
Illegal mining activities otherwise called Galamsey across the country have destroyed hundreds of water bodies, farmlands and forest reserves in Ghana.
Commenting on the #StopGalamsey campaign, Nadia Buari, mother of four wrote on her X page ‘All over the continent, politicians no longer just rob their nations, but also now rob off their ill acquired wealth on the faces of the same masses that put them in power through flaunting this wealth in open acquisition of public properties and on other matters that really do not matter to the people.
This I believe over time has created the wrong hunger in the citizenry to take their own destinies into their own hands to undertake activities detrimental to lands, farms, rivers and other important areas of our various countries, reserved for research.
It’s really really sad that our today’s hunger is making us not to think about what will preserve us tomorrow.
In the past, we accused the white man for ripping off the black, now that it’s black destroying the future of blacks, whom do we blame?
Please our fathers, our mothers, our religious leaders, and all reasonable people who have this nation at heart, let’s rise up to stop this menace of greed before it stops our future. Let’s forsake this evil act for the sake our children.
Stopping this, I believe begins with public education to raise awareness of this dangerous pursuit. Our children must not only be taught about Ghana being a leading producer of gold in the world, but also the danger in abusing our land for such treasure’.SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
