Rivers and forests cannot speak
Rivers and forests cannot speak, we as custodians of justice must raise our voices on their belalf to stop galamsey - GBA President [VIDEO]
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mrs Efua Ghartey has questioned the thriving business in Ghana that requires the importation of the many excavators.
Speaking at the 2025 annual bar conference in Wa in the Upper West Region on Monday [Sept 15, 2025] she stated: “We were informed by a recent media report that Ghana imports the highest number of excavators in West Africa, and the second highest number in all of Africa.”
“If indeed that is the case, one may ask, what thriving business in Ghana requires the importation of such huge numbers of excavators.”
“If entrenched interests hide behind status and privilege, then we as lawyers have a moral duty to strip away the impunity that shields them. The rivers of Ghana cannot speak, the forest cannot do likewise, but we as custodians of justice must raise our voices on their behalf,” she added.
Attached below is a video of an excerpt of her address at the conference
Rivers and forests cannot speak, we as custodians of justice must raise our voices on their belalf to stop galamsey – GBA President [VIDEO] https://t.co/Ma1q49d9IO pic.twitter.com/aY6o5nb5V0
— DailyGraphic GraphicOnline (@Graphicgh) September 16, 2025
Rivers and forests cannot speak, we as custodians of justice must raise our voices on their belalf to stop galamsey – GBA President [VIDEO] https://t.co/Ma1q49d9IO pic.twitter.com/aY6o5nb5V0
— DailyGraphic GraphicOnline (@Graphicgh) September 16, 2025
