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"...It is time to declare a national emergency so that the president has emergency powers and all earth moving things should be taken up and dealt with and how those young men and women be encouraged and trained, of course they can go back into mining, but at least not at the expense of the lifeline of Ghanaians, he stated.
Expressing concern over the devastation of numerous water bodies nationwide due to galamsey, Prof.
Adei voiced his hope that Otumfuo would eventually eradicate galamsey from the Ashanti Region and establish it as a galamsey-free zone.
The Jimi River is the one that supplies water to the whole metropolitan of Obuasi and that river is being totally destroyed and at its head (sic) the galamsey activities is so bad and my house is less than 500 meters from there.
Prof.
Adei called for decisive action, including the removal of earth-moving equipment and the provision of training for those involved in galamsey, so they can engage in mining without compromising the country's vital resources.
Prof.
Adei’s calls comes as part of growing concerns over the impact of galamsey affecting water bodies and resulting in erratic supply in some parts of the country..
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