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Two legal practitioners have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights
and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the pollution of the Tano
River, which serves as the only source of drinking water for residents
in the Sunyani Municipality, and other parts of Brong-Ahafo.
According to the petitioners, Messrs Eric Ansah Ankomah, the
Brong-Ahafo Regional President ofthe Ghana Bar Association, and Foster
Akwasi Asante of the Enso Nyameye Chambers in Sunyani, the river’s
quality, and its existence are under serious threat, due to the
illegal mining activities by some Chinese nationals at Tanoso in the
Tano North District.
A copy of the petition, made available to the Ghana News Agency (GNA),
expressed dismay that the Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council,
Tano North District Assembly, the Police, Environmental Protection
Agency, House of Chiefs and the Regent of the Tanoso Stool had
neglected their legal and traditional duty in stopping these illegal
mining activities.
The petition, however, appealed tothe CHRAJ, to as a matter of
urgency, investigate the matter, move the illegal miners from the area
and protect the River to avert disaster.
“We could have gone to court without reference to you but because the
pollution of the river has affected our right to good drinking water
and for the fact that the right to water is guaranteed under the
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the
laws of Ghana”, it explained.
Credit: GNA
