Kofi Ahovi

Newmont’s Ahafo North Mine has donated a brand-new Toyota Hilux pick-up valued at GHS 510,967 to the Ghana Police Service to support security operations within the Tano North Municipality. The donation follows separate requests from the Duayaw Nkwanta Divisional Police Headquarters and the Tano North Municipal Assembly for a vehicle to support municipal security services. The vehicle is expected to enhance the mobility and responsiveness of police personnel serving communities within the municipality.   Charles Bissue (right in Newmont uniform), General Manager – Ahafo North, handing over the key to the vehicle to Hon. Pius Opoku (left), the Tano North Municipal Chief Executive Speaking at the handover ceremony, Charles Bissue, General Manager of the Ahafo North mine, said the donation reflects Newmont’s commitment to supporting the security and wellbeing of its host communities through collaboration with state institutions and other partners. Safety and security are essential to t...

  Wacam, a community based human rights and environmental mining advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), has stated that it has never shied away from supporting farmers in mining communities in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region and others, from defending their rights and properties. The Associate Executive Director of Wacam, Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, who made the statement, was reacting to a news item by Accra-based Peace FM on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, which pointed the finger of blame on the organisation. The said news item said some chiefs in the operational areas of Newmont Ahafo Mine (including communities such as Yamfo, Afrisipa, Susanaso, Techire and Adrobaa) led by the chief of Yamfo, visited the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Hon Mireku Duker, and blamed Wacam for helping farmers in these areas to protect their properties from the mining company. The Peace FM story continued that the chiefs chided Wacam for assisting the vulnerable far...