President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that the cost of treating water by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has gone up exorbitantly due to galamsey activities in the country.
According to the president The cost for treating water per day has increased from ¢7000 to ¢80,000 due to the impact of illegal small scale mining.
This he said should be alarming enough to bring all hands on deck to bring an end to the menace.
Nana AKufo Addo made this know when he was speaking in Konongo in the Ashanti Region as part of his tour of the region on Monday October 17.
“I am particularly concerned about the danger to the water source, because for instance [in Konongo], because of the galamsey phenomenon the cost of production of water by the GWCL has gone up from 7000 Cedis per day to now, 80,000 Cedis per day. It is clear that we all have to cooperate to put a stop to this galamsey menace.”
The President in an earlier interaction with the Asantehene said his administration’s fight against galamsey, is unprecedented.
“No government has shown commitment to the fight against galamsey than my government,” he stressed.
President Akufo-Addo said this on Day 1 of his a four-day tour of the Ashanti Region.
The President will inspect the Agenda 111 project at Kokoben.
source: theGhanaianvoice.com