Editorial (Daily Searchlight of Wednesday, 12th October 2022)
The emerging pictures, videos and other pieces of evidence from the level of destruction of the nation’s eco-system in pursuit of gold is truly frightening.
The destruction of farms, forests, rivers and towns is on a scale that is unprecedented in Ghana, and we dare say on the continent of Africa, and demonstrates the existence of a nation where all law and order has broken down.
Certainly, it is not representative of a modern democratic country with all the institutions in place.
What is happening surely is not a good testimony of our sense of responsibility as a people. The destruction of the environment, at the rate at which it is proceeding, shows that we have lost all sense of responsibility as a people.
We believe that the only way we can gain back our credibility as a people, is to confront this demon, and overcome it, as soon as possible. It is simply a question of them or us as a people, and all good sense would suggest that we choose to protect our environment, and the future.
(This article was first published in the column EDITORIAL of the Daily Searchlight of Thursday, Wednesday, 12th October, 2022. The Daily Searchlight appears on the newsstands of Ghana every working day and PDF versions are available for sale online twenty-four hours a day all day throughout the world on www.ghananewsstand.com).
