{"id":3816,"date":"2025-03-16T05:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2025-03-26T05:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T05:31:46","slug":"galamsey-pit-claims-two-more-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/galamsey-pit-claims-two-more-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"GALAMSEY PIT CLAIMS TWO MORE LIVES."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Akyem Abompe community was thrown into a state of shock, wailing and mourning over the sudden and untimely death of two young siblings in an abandoned galamsey pit.<br \/>\nThe deceased, Twenefuo Koranteng (13) and Kwaku Antwi (10), in the company of two other children, allegedly went swimming in an uncovered galamsey pit on Saturday, 9th March 2025, where they tragically drowned.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3818\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023-272x182.jpg 272w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0023.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nThe deaths of these two biological brothers bring to three the number of reported fatalities caused by abandoned galamsey pits in the region within the past two weeks. The first incident involved 14-year-old Sampson Seku at Akwatia-Boadua in the Denkyembour District.<br \/>\nThe Eastern Regional Minister, Mrs. Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, while commiserating with the bereaved families, expressed her heartfelt condolences and sympathies during this difficult time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3821\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0027.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><br \/>\nMrs. Awatey charged the Ghana Police Service to immediately launch an investigation into the recent incidents and summon the owners of the two suspected illegal mining sites for questioning.<br \/>\nThe minister warned that the mining licenses of any individuals or companies operating unlawfully would be revoked. She described the situation as unfortunate and tragic, stating that an activity meant to provide employment and income is instead claiming innocent lives and causing grief to families.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0025-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3819\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0025-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0025-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0025-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250318-WA0025.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><br \/>\nShe urged miners to act responsibly in their operations and directed the Regional Illegal Mining Task Force to clamp down on all illegal mining activities.<br \/>\nAdditionally, the minister instructed the police to arrest and prosecute any recalcitrant miner who violates Ghana\u2019s mining laws and regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Akyem Abompe community was thrown into a state of shock, wailing and mourning over the sudden and untimely death of two young siblings in an abandoned galamsey pit. The deceased, Twenefuo Koranteng (13) and Kwaku Antwi (10), in the company of two other children, allegedly went swimming in an uncovered galamsey pit on Saturday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}