Eco-Conscious Citizens — environmental advocacy organization campaigning against galamsey (illegal mining) in Ghana, calling for emergency declarations and prosecution of influential actors.
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The Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, says Ghanaians are not angry enough about the destruction caused by illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. …
Ghanaians are not angry enough about galamsey – Awula SerwahJoy 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, popularly known as galamsey, to protect the country’s water bodies, farmlands and forest reserves. …
Time for lamentation is over; declare a targeted state of emergency over galamey – Awula SerwahJoy Online
The Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, says everything that needs to be said about illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has already been said, and what Ghana needs now is decisive action to end the menace. …
Everything has been said about galamsey; it’s time for real action – Awula SerwahJoy Online
The Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, says she does not believe illegal miners are more powerful than the Ghana Armed Forces, arguing that the military could play a stronger role in stopping illegal mining. …
Galamsey fight: Are illegal miners stronger than the military? – Awula Serwah asksJoy Online
The Executive Director of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has urged President John Dramani Mahama to publicly reaffirm the legal requirements governing mining, warning that recent comments by Ghana Gold Board Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi risk sending the wrong signa …
Awula Serwah urges Mahama to reaffirm mining licence requirementsThe Ghanaian Times
BY PRINCE ADDO FFRIMPONG The Executive Director of Eco-conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has revived calls on the government to declare a state of emergency in illegal mining areas, warning that the continued pollution of Ghana’s water bodies poses a serious threat to public heal …
Declare state of emergency in galamsey areas …Eco-conscious Citizens demandJoy Online
Coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has called for decisive action against illegal mining, arguing that Ghana owes it to the victims of the August 6 helicopter crash and everyone else who has died because of the menace. …
We owe it to helicopter crash victims to end galamsey – Awula SerwahJoy Online
Convener of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has welcomed the conviction and 20-year prison sentence handed to NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, describing it as a significant milestone in Ghana’s fight against illegal …
Wontumi’s conviction a step in the right direction – Awula SerwahJoy Online
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
… The appeal was made at the launch of the “Atewa Matters” campaign in Accra on Wednesday by Eco-Conscious Citizens, with support from Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape. …
Declare Atewa a national park now! — Eco-Conscious CitizensAwula 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.
19 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.
19 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.
20 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.
20 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 →
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 →
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 →
A coalition of civil society organisations has backed the Constitution Review Committee's environmental reform proposals, which include entrenching a public trust doctrine vesting minerals, water resources, and public lands in the people of Ghana with the State holding them in trust. The groups are pressing government to publish a clear roadmap and timelines for the constitutional reform process amid Ghana's worsening illegal mining crisis.
23 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Environmental campaigners and youth groups have appealed to President Mahama to reconsider the reported reassignment of Col. Dominic Buah, Director of Operations at the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat, arguing the move would undermine anti-galamsey efforts and reflect waning government commitment to combating illegal mining.
29 May 2026 · The Chronicle →