Chiefs and residents of Atti-Morkwa District invoke curses on Ndc chairman for allegedly destroying their farmland and water bodies with galamsey.
Aggrieved chiefs of twelve communities in the Twifo Atti-morkwa district in the Central region who are furious about the rapid dominance of illegal mining activities in district have jointly invoked the wrath of the gods to deal ruthless with the Ndc chairman of the Upper Denkyera East constituency, Mr. Swanzy Arhin and any government official in the Twifo Atti-morkwa district who have a hand in the devastating galamsey activities taking place in the district.
According to the spokesperson of these upset anti-galamsey chiefs, Nana Kwame Baduo Ababio who is also the Twifo Werempimhene, the Upper Denkyera constituency chairman for NDC Mr. Swanzy Arhin recently led a mining company called BENVICO Ltd to the chiefs of Twifo Wamaso and 11 other communities with prospecting license signed by Hon Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.
That they were coming to do mining prospecting in the area.
The spokesperson said before the chiefs and the people could give them the mandate, Mr. Swanzy Arhin, the Ndc chairman and his BENVICO company had destroyed about 50 acres of cultivated farmlands owned by over 500 farmers with galamsey activities.
Again, they have also destroyed the only major river in the area,”Bunu” which serves as the only source of drinking water to the about 20,000 residents in the twelve communities.
The most highly galamsey devastated communities in area are Twifo Mintaso, Kotokye, Ayaase, Bimponagya, Mampong and Mokwaa.
The situation they reiterated has brought about a serious livelihood problems to the people because they have lost all their farms and could not have access to water to drink.
Some residents of the twelve affected communities who have lost their farms and do not get quality water to drink also shared their displeasure about the escalating galamsey menace in the Twifo Atti-morkwa district.
Condemning the act as evil and inhuman, they poured libations amidst curses on the chairman of the mainstream opposition Ndc and his followers who are directly involved in the bizarre act.
They also expressed their readiness to discard or vote against the Ndc in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections for the crimes committed against them.
We don’t have anyone to save us from this bondage though we are Ghanaians, and having no alternative we are leaving our plights to god’s of the land to deal with our enemies, the residents told the media.
