Killing Our People for Profit

THE GOLDEN CURSE

How the people of Nzema were tortured by the police on behalf of Adamus Resources , Canadian Mining Company

It is really amazing how cruel some governments can be.you would not believe the extent to which some governments can go to protect and serve the vested interest of a particular powerful group.This Npp government has demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt that its will do gruesome things to its own citizens to advance its crude property-owning democracy ideology. Over the last twenty years mining has brought untold hardship and misery to the people who are unfortunate enough to have minerals in their area. The majority of people living in these areas just like the rest of the country do not benefit from the reckless and environmentally destructive mining that takes place in such places. Previously many chiefs and community leaders lobbied hard to get mining operations located in in their areas to benefit from the industry.but increasingly communities in the mineral rich areas have rather organised themselves into social pressure groups that are actively campaigning to prevent the citing of mining operations in their communities. This is what the brave and progressive leaders and people of Anwia and Telekobo Bukazo in the Nzema District decided to fight against a couple of days back.A mining company which goes by the name of Adamus Resources embarked on a prospecting operation in the area.The people and their leaders decided to demonstrate against their operations and what befell them defies any logic. The police service which is paid for and maintained by the taxpayer to protect and guarantee the rights of the people were set on these well meaning Ghanaians who were only fighting for their legitimate cause of protecting their natural environment against abuse. When the police left over 30 of the citizens including nursing mothers and children ended up in the hospital.About 70 others were arrested and tortured. The government has been doing this for ages without any proper check on their evil and it is time for Ghanaian to draw line over the use of the police to abuse people whose only crime is to fight fro justice .This incident mirrors countless abuses meted out to people who dare to challenge the mining industry which is destroying livelihoods and the environment in Ghana.Since the 1980s we have progressively suffered more than benefit from the mining on our Fatherland. mining is killing our country and we must rise up and fight.