'We cannot trade our future for present needs’ - Paramount Chief backs rCOMSDEP’s responsible mining agenda

The Paramount Chief of the Western Nzema Traditional Area, His Royal Majesty Awulae Kwasi Amakye III, has thrown his weight behind the government’s flagship programme to end illegal mining, known as galamsey. The Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP), a government initiative under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to promote responsible mining, was presented to the traditional ruler at his palace. Briefing the Awulae, the National Coordinator of rC…