{"id":2178,"date":"2024-04-10T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2024-04-11T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:54:21","slug":"ashanti-region-foreign-owned-mining-firm-hijacks-over-100ha-rehabilitated-cocoa-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=2178","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti region: Foreign-owned mining firm hijacks over 100ha rehabilitated cocoa farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A foreign-owned mining company is reported to have taken over 100 hectares of rehabilitated cocoa farms at Nkawie in the Ashanti region, allegedly without authorisation, denying the farmers access to their farmlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to TV3 News, the company, MIGOP Mining Limited, is conducting mining exploration and development activities in five cocoa communities in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality.<\/p>\n

Following an epidemic of Cocoa Swollen Shot Virus Disease in the communities, the Ghana Cocoa Board intervened and the farms are part of the newly rehabilitated cocoa fields.<\/p>\n

Professor Michael Kwarteng, head of COCOBOD\u2019s anti-illegal mining units, bemoans the effects and dangers posed by the mining company\u2019s operations on the local communities\u2019 ability to produce cocoa.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, I received a call from the executive director of the cocoa health and extension division that there is this mining company, MIGOP Mining Limited.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve come to this our cocoa district. To them, they\u2019ve been given license to do prospecting and they\u2019ve destroyed a lot of our cocoa farms,\u201d said Mr. Kwarteng.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cFarmers have been preventing them but they are using security personnel to intimidate them and then going ahead with their activities. So when I received this I said no, I can\u2019t sit down for even a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLooking at what is happening, the evidence is there. They\u2019ve destroyed some of the cocoa farms. COCOBOD we are not aware of what is going on. I always say whenever you are securing any concession, you have to contact the regulator of that production, being cocoa, or whatever.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile when you go to the minerals commission, the Mining Acts 703 sections 18(1)(2), it tells you that mining companies are supposed to contact bodies that regulate that farm. So they are violating that aspect of their own law. So, mining companies are taking advantage of this and are destroying our farms everywhere,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Impact on farmers<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Meanwhile, some farmers who spoke to TV3\u2019s Ashanti Regional Correspondent Ibrahim Abubakar decried the negative impact the decision is going to have on their livelihood and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe miners gave me cash in exchange for my cocoa farm but I didn\u2019t allow it. We need your help,\u201d a farmer said.<\/p>\n

Another farmer remarked, \u201cThe miners claimed they have acquired a permit from the government. They will negotiate a price for your cocoa farm behind you,\u201d adding that such an arrangement poses a \u201cgreat challenge to our children and country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apuoyem, Brahebebome, Brosanko, Ouagadougou, and Nkotonmire are among the cocoa communities that would be impacted by mining operations.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the monetary value of cocoa produced by these communities, according to the Ghana COCOBOD<\/a> is over GH\u00a2316, 000.<\/p>\n

The post Ashanti region: Foreign-owned mining firm hijacks over 100ha rehabilitated cocoa farm<\/a> first appeared on 3News<\/a>.<\/p>

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