Dr. Hanna Bisiw-Kotei, wey be Administrator of the Minerals Development Fund, talk say she no go back down from her fight against illegal mining, wey dem dey call 'galamsey', even though people dey threaten her life.
She talk say she dey receive threats for her life and her family because she dey involve herself for inside the galamsey fight. People dey go online, dey take her pictures and her husband own, dey send am give her for her inbox with all kinds of messages, she talk.
Dr. Bisiw-Kotei dey talk to the media for the side of a community meeting for Atatam, wey dey Adansi Asokwa District for Ashanti Region. She talk say, 'Na coward dey threaten person. If I wan slap you, I no go dey warn you.'
The Women’s Organiser of the NDC, since she take her new role, don take up the fight for the interest of mining communities. Illegal mining don turn big problem for the Minerals Development Fund, so na why dem dey receive threats from people wey dey benefit from the illegal mining.
She talk say people dey do armed robbery and dem dey die. Sometimes dem dey arrest dem, but when dem release dem, dem dey continue even though dem know say e dey dangerous, dem dey die for the cause.
Even though she talk say she no dey fear death for the fight, she insist say she go go all out for the fight. She talk say if dem threaten her for a good cause and she sit back, then she no be patriot again. Na motherland or death we go win, till the last drop of blood.
The Destruction Wey Dem Do Give Atatamu
Atatamu na small community wey dey Adansi Asokwa District for Ashanti Region. Forest surround the town, and most of the people na farmers and hunters.
For some years now, illegal miners don take over the community, dey destroy the plants and farms. Plenty cocoa, plantain, and other crops don spoil because of the illegal mining activities. This one don affect the lives of families.
A local leader for Atatamu, Nana Kofi Sarfo Kantanka, talk say the people wey dey do the illegal things, mostly dem dey come from other areas.