Also known as: Ms Serwah · Madam Serwah
Awula Serwah — Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, calls for state of emergency and prosecution of influential figures in illegal mining fight.
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Coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has welcomed the revocation of Executive Instrument (EI) 144, which restores the Achimota Forest Reserve to its full protected status. …
Achimota Forest protection commendable, but galamsey fight must target masterminds — Awula SerwahJoy Online
… Addressing participants, the National Coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, said Ghana’s rapidly declining forest cover was contributing significantly to environmental disasters, including the recent flooding that affected parts of Accra. …
Declare Atewa a national park now! — Eco-Conscious CitizensJoy Online
… Ghana’s anti-galamsey movement has been driven by activists and civil society groups, including Awula Serwah, The Multimedia Group’s Erastus Asare Donkor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Eco-Conscious Citizens, Democracy Hub, the Fix The Country Movement and the Ghana Youth Environmental …
Galamsey is no longer hidden: Where is the enforcement?Awula Serwah, Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, says Ghanaians are not expressing enough anger about illegal mining's destruction and must organize peaceful civic action and demonstrations to compel political leaders to take decisive steps against galamsey.
20 hours ago · Joy Online →
Awula Serwah, Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, says Ghanaians are not expressing enough anger about illegal mining's destruction and must organize peaceful civic action and demonstrations to compel political leaders to take decisive steps against galamsey.
20 hours ago · Joy Online →
Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens Awula Serwah has called on the government to declare a targeted state of emergency in areas affected by illegal mining (galamsey) to protect water bodies, farmlands and forest reserves, urging immediate removal of miners and deployment of response teams with community involvement.
20 hours ago · Joy Online →
Awula Serwah, Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, says all necessary discussion about illegal mining has occurred and Ghana now needs decisive action rather than further debate. She called for stronger public mobilisation and peaceful activities to pressure political leaders to tackle the environmental destruction caused by galamsey.
21 hours ago · Joy Online →
Eco-Conscious Citizens Executive Director Awula Serwah questioned why Ghana continues to struggle containing illegal mining despite having an armed forces capable of supporting law enforcement, arguing that decisive political will from chiefs, political authority, and police commanders is needed to halt the practice.
21 hours ago · Joy Online →
Awula Serwah, Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, has urged President Mahama to publicly reaffirm legal mining requirements, warning that recent comments by Ghana Gold Board CEO risk signalling to small-scale miners that they can operate without proper licensing. She cautioned that such signals could undermine anti-illegal mining efforts and stressed that mining licences are essential alongside other regulatory approvals to prevent pollution and environmental destruction.
27 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Environmental groups are calling for the Atewa Range Forest Reserve to be converted into a National Park, citing increasing illegal mining activities, encroachment, and threats to biodiversity and water resources. The groups are also demanding stronger security and increased resources for state agencies responsible for protecting the reserve.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Executive Director of Eco-conscious Citizens has called on the government to declare a state of emergency in illegal mining areas, citing threats to water bodies and public health. She warned that pollution of the Atewa Forest Reserve, which supplies drinking water to more than five million Ghanaians, poses serious environmental risks and urged the reserve's declaration as a national park for greater protection.
18 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
On the first anniversary of an August 6 helicopter crash that killed eight people, Awula Serwah, coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, called for decisive action against illegal mining, describing it as an "ongoing ecocide" and arguing that Ghana owes it to all who have died from the practice—including children in mining pits, mothers from mercury poisoning, and police officers drowned pursuing miners.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Awula Serwah, convener of the Economic Conscious Citizens, says NPP support activities for Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison, will not change the court's judgment. She criticized the party's decision to review the conviction, arguing that illegal mining is an existential threat to Ghana and that accountability should transcend political considerations.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako has been convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegal mining. Environmental activist Awula Serwah welcomed the conviction as a milestone in Ghana's fight against illegal mining and called on authorities to expand investigations and prosecute other influential figures involved in environmental destruction.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Eco-Conscious Citizens coordinator Awula Serwah has praised the revocation of Executive Instrument 144, which restores the Achimota Forest Reserve to full protected status, but calls for government to prosecute powerful individuals and politically exposed persons behind illegal mining rather than focusing only on small-scale operators.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Environmental advocacy organisations have called on the government to elevate the Atewa Forest Reserve to national park status, warning that degradation of the forest threatens water security, biodiversity and climate resilience. The Atewa Forest Reserve serves as the source of rivers that supply water to more than five million people and is being pressured by ongoing environmental degradation.
3 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Illegal miners in Ghana are openly promoting their activities on social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook, suggesting a belief that law enforcement is absent or unwilling to act. The article links this public flouting of the law to environmental destruction and recent flooding in the Western Region.
23 June 2026 · Joy Online →