The Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Rev. Prof. Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, has questioned claims that Ghana is winning the fight against illegal mining, warning that the country’s ecological resources remain under threat.
In a Facebook post on Friday, October 23, 2026, the Presiding Bishop said his pastoral duties take him around the country, giving him the opportunity to observe the effects of illegal mining on the environment.
He argued that claims of progress in the fight against the menace did not reflect the situation on the ground.
“Any claims that Ghana is winning the war against illegal mining and its effects on our ecological assets as a nation cannot be true, not by any stretch of the imagination,” he stated.
The Presiding Bishop said Ghanaians had been promised decisive action, including a state of emergency, rather than a gradual approach to addressing the problem.
He described the continued destruction of the country’s ecological resources as a form of “ecological suicide”, referring to a description used by one of his colleagues.
The Presiding Bishop also criticised a headline published by the Ghanaian Times on Friday, October 23, describing it as annoying and calling for greater honesty in reporting progress in the fight against illegal mining.
“What this country and its people were promised was decisive action—a state of emergency—and not a gradual solution to what one of my colleagues referred to as Ghana’s Ecological Suicide,” he said.
Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, remains a major environmental concern in Ghana because of its impact on water bodies, forest reserves and other natural resources.
The Presiding Bishop’s comments add to calls for decisive action to address the environmental consequences of illegal mining and protect the country’s ecological assets.
He concluded his post by urging those making claims about the progress of the anti-illegal mining campaign to be sincere about the situation in the country.
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