{"id":8480,"date":"2024-10-08T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8480"},"modified":"2024-10-08T08:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:18:16","slug":"are-we-a-failed-state-zanetor-agyeman-rawlings-on-the-corruption-feeding-galamsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8480","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Are we a failed state?\u2019 Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings on the corruption feeding galamsey."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The menace of illegal mining, known as&nbsp;<em>galamsey<\/em>, has pushed Ghana into a state of what MP Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has called \u201cchemical warfare on an unprecedented scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Klottey Korle legislator, in a LinkedIn post, expressed her deep concerns over the impact of&nbsp;<em>galamsey<\/em>&nbsp;on Ghana\u2019s natural resources, public health, and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am haunted by the horrible images of the destruction to our water bodies and forests by&nbsp;<em>galamsey<\/em>. What we are seeing is the tip of the iceberg,\u201d Dr Agyeman-Rawlings wrote, highlighting the ecological and public health crisis that illegal mining has caused across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She suggested that if the Ghana Standards Authority were to test the country\u2019s water bodies, both surface and underground, and report on the levels of toxins, the nation might come to fully appreciate the depth of the devastation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-4694bcadd93e62ac135739dae3b69e80 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bXGk-miHAt4?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat includes borehole water!\u201d she said, adding that&nbsp;<em>galamsey<\/em>&nbsp;is creating widespread environmental contamination that will have long-lasting consequences for all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her impassioned article, Dr Agyeman-Rawlings described the situation as \u201coutright chemical warfare on an unprecedented scale,\u201d stressing the horror of such destruction in a peaceful and democratic nation. \u201cIt is shameful, actually,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pointing to the tangible impact on public health, Dr Agyeman-Rawlings warned of the alarming rise in kidney failure, cancers, infant mortality, birth defects, and water shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She asked, \u201cAre we waiting for famine in the midst of poisoned plenty before we realise the urgency with which we must address this?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The menace of illegal mining, known as&nbsp;galamsey, has pushed Ghana into a state of what MP Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has called \u201cchemical warfare on an unprecedented scale.\u201d The Klottey Korle legislator, in a LinkedIn post, expressed her deep concerns over the impact of&nbsp;galamsey&nbsp;on Ghana\u2019s natural resources, public health, and governance. \u201cI am haunted by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2658,2770],"class_list":["post-8480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-galamsey","tag-zenator-agyemang-rawlings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8482,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480\/revisions\/8482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}