Sir, over the past two years, we have sought the help of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in halting the activities of Solar Mining Limited, which is operating illegally in Akim Abuakwa Juaso. Despite the personal intervention of the deputy minister at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, and the fact that officers from your mining department have twice ordered the company to cease operating, that company continues to defy the authority of the Ghanaian nation-state.
Knowing how delicate the ecology of an area that has been designated a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), is, we do not see how any environmental impact assessment carried out in the area, can possibly result in the issuance of a mining permit to Solar Mining Limited, or any other gold mining entity. We therefore appeal to you to act to prosecute the company for destroying part of an area that is ecologically sensitive, and provides valuable ecosystem services necessary for the well-being of our nation and its people, at a time of global climate change.
We hope that through your good offices, we will finally see the end of what is the environmental equivalent of a dreadful nightmare - and that an area that contains the headwaters of the threee river systems (the Ayensu River; the Densu River; and the Birim River) on which most of urban Ghana depends on for its driking-water supply, is fully protected. We look forward to hearing from you soon – and thank you in advance for your help in resolving this urgent matter. Best wishes and regards.
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