Ghanaian Dancehall Artiste, Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known as Stonebwoy has called for the clampdown of illegal mining activities (galamsey) to safeguard the country’s waterbodies.
He made the call when he commissioned mechanised boreholes for four communities in the Shama District in the Western region on Wednesday.
After years of report by Citi News on the state of galamsey pollution of the Pra River and its negative impact on water resources for some six communities along the banks of Pra River in the Shama District, Stonebwoy, through his Livingston Foundation has donated 40,000 liters capacity mechanised boreholes for four of the six communities.
Speaking to Citi News during a visit to the polluted Pra River after the commissioning of one of the boreholes at the Borkorkpe community in the Shama District, the Dancehall Artist said the Livingstone Foundation was moved to support the community with clean water following the disturbing dire state of water supply in those communities.
“It is rather sad that as the pollution continues by the various mining activities, we have to hold the big corporations who are behind this responsible.
They have to pay attention to the CSRs and be able to see these communities and not neglect them.”
“My inspiration for doing this is because we have to be able to help one another, water is life and that we have to be able to bring those who are responsible for this pollution to book,” Stonebwoy said.
Watch his submission below
