Galamsey Menace: Ghana Is Heading Towards Doom! … Presby Pastor Warns

The Obuasi Tutuka District Minister of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. E.K. Nyarkoh, has warned that Ghana is gradually heading towards doom and that decisive action should be taken immediately to deal with illegal mining issue confronting the country.

“Not until all Ghanaians accept the fact that we are heading towards doom, which requires a radical solution, galamsey remains an albatross hanging on our necks.

The complex nature of the fight against the canker is the fact that all manner of people like chiefs, pastors, academicians and politicians are involved,” he said.

Speaking at a Thanksgiving Service at the Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church at Tutuka to round off the 6th Conference of the Church Women Fellowship, Rev. E.K. Nyarkoh insisted illegal mining, which is popularly known as galamsey, is a threat to the very survival of this country and that everyone should put his or her shoulders to the wheel to fight it.

The pastor also criticised the many lifestyles of men. He noted that in most families, single parents abound and this is because the men have failed to act as fathers and women or mothers handle the burden of the entire family.

Rev. Nyarkoh encouraged the men to change for the better by stopping the negative attitudes they exhibit towards their children.

Madam Margaret Atobrah, President of the Tutuka Obuasi District Presbyterian Church Womens’ Fellowship on her part noted that without proper parental role in the home, children would become deviant and irresponsible and behave negatively.

Madam Atobrah, said the constant smoking of Indian hem and other drugs by the youth could be curtailed if such children had been effectively handled in the home right from their infancy.

She called on parents to endeavour to bring their children closer to them, counsel them and help address some of the emerging challenges that confront children.

Answering a question as to why Father’s Day is not as popular and well patronised as Mother’s Day, the Women’s Fellowship President said invariably most fathers refuse to honour their parental obligations as compared to mothers, who use all their energy and resources to push for the wellbeing of their children hence the recognition.

From Frederick Danso Abeam, Obuasi

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