Mr Paul Kodwo Kwaw, the Assemblyman for Kikam Electoral Area has single-handedly fought to stop two farmers who leased their farmlands to illegal mining activities in the River Ajomosu, the only source of water for the town.
The move follows a writ of summons filed by the assembly member at the law court in Nkroful to order the two farmers to prevail on the illegal miners to stop their illegal mining activities.
Speaking to Ghana News Agency at Kikam, Mr Kodwo Kwaw said following the court action, the farmers approached him to withdraw the suit for an out-of-court settlement as they took steps to stop activities of the galamseyers.
According to him, an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism was however used to settle the matter, and the two farmers had already told the galamseyers to halt the galamsey activities in the river.
“As a result, the river Ajomosu has started showing positive signs of recovery taking cognizance of the river in its current state”.
The Assemblyman affirmed that the state of the River Ajomosu now is somewhat clean and expressed the hope that it would recover fully in the coming days.
He noted that situation has come as a big relief to the people of Kikam as the River Ajomosu is their only source of drinking water, especially to the farming communities.
Mr. Paul Kodwo Kwaw, who is the Dean of Assembly Members in Ellembelle, used the opportunity to appeal to other Assembly Members to wade into the fight against illegal mining activities in their electoral areas.
GNA
