The chief of Asankran-Breman in Amenfi West municipality of the Western region, Nana Kwabena Amenemah II has commended President Akufo-Addo for the efforts to protect water bodies in the region from destruction by the activities of illegal miners.

The Operation Vanguard task force was set up last year by government to help fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The taskforce has impounded a total of one hundred and one (101) varied weapons and 2,347 ammunition from galamsey sites since July 2017.

Nana Amenemah II made this known when President Akufo-Addo visited the good people of Breman in the Amenfi West Constituency on Saturday, June 9, 2018 as part of his regional tour where he cut the sod for the construction of a 25-kilometre Asankragwa-Fordjourkrom road.

Nana Amenemah II emphasized that before the assumption of office by the NPP government, his area lacked potable water to due to the activities of galamasey.

"If God had not made you President, all our water bodies would have been destroyed by now. Before you came into office, there was no way we could drink from our rivers and streams," he stressed.

"However, today, as a result of your fight against galamsey, we are able to do so. We thank you, President Akufo-Addo, and your government for making this possible," he added.

He assured President Akufo-Addo that he and his colleague chiefs will make sure galamseyers do not destroy the water bodies in the municipality.

“We are certain that the policies and measures you are putting in place during the period of the ban on small-scale mining, will mean that the destruction of our water bodies and vegetation by miners will end. As chiefs, we will also make sure that small-scale miners do not destroy our lands or pollute or water bodies.”

With President Akufo-Addo having disclosed, on Friday that a decision on government’s ban on small-scale mining would be made soon, the Breman Chief was confident that the days of miners destroying water bodies and lands were over.

One and Half Years Record Superior

The Chief of Breman noted that all of Breman, Wassa Amenfi, and, indeed, all of Ghana, are aware of the work President Akufo-Addo has done within one and half years of being in office.

“The amount of work undertaken, and the achievements chalked by this government in just one and half years of being in office, surpasses the 4-year work done some other government,” Nana Kwabena Amenemah II said.

The chief noted that under President Akufo-Addo’s government, the story has changed children who had completed Junior High School and were unable to continue their education as a result of financial difficulties.

“A brilliant student, due to the fact that his parents were poor, was denied the chance to go to school. Today, this is not the case because of the government of President Akufo-Addo. Free SHS is now here with us, and we have to commend the government of President Akufo-Addo,” he added.

The chief also commended President Akufo-Addo for upgrading Amenfi West from a District to a Municipality, and fulfilling his campaign pledge of constructing the 25-kilometre Asankragwa-Fordjuorkrom road, adding that “no government in the history of Ghana has done the things President Akufo-Addo has done.”

He continued, “Today, as a result of his achievements, I, Nana Kwabena Amenamah II, Chief of Asankran-Breman, confer the title of ‘Oseadeayor’ to the name of President Akufo-Addo. He has said it, and he has done it. So, from today, he is called Oseadeayor Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo I. We are very satisfied with your government”.