Over 900 Residents of Wassa Togbekrom Demonstrate Against Golden Star Mining Company.

The residents of Wassa Togbekrom in the Wassa East District of the Western Region numbering about nine hundred ( 900) has hit the street of Wassa Togbekrom to register their frustrations against Golden Star Wassa mine Ltd for destroying all their farmlands and water bodies in the area.

The disgruntled demonstrators also accused the company of denying the youth of employment.
 
The convenor of the demonstrators, Mr Enoch Obeng who doubles as the spokesperson for Togbekrom residents explained that their forefathers who migrated from the Volta region to the eastern region acquired lands in the Wassa East district where they have been farming for decades.

In 2013, Golden Star Wassa Mine Ltd came to sign a resettlement and employment memo with the Togbekrom community when the mining company needed their entire lands for mining activity. So the people were relocated to Wassa Ateiku because of the health implications of the mining activities. 

He added that, after the Golden Star Wassa mine Ltd fulfilled the resettlement part of the memo, they refused to fulfil the employment part of it making life unbearable for the residents.

He added that the denial of Golden Star Wassa mine Ltd to offer the people of Wassa Togbekrom employment has brought economic hardship to the people and most of the youth have turned drunkards in the community, therefore, they are requesting from the mining company. much they can give 30 slots of fixed-term employment to the youth.

All possible means to offer a hearing opportunity to Mr Zacharia Issah who is the Community affairs manager of Golden Star Wassa mine Ltd to respond to the claims by the residents proved futile and he declined to speak on camera.

Story by Opamago Paparichy.