Four reporters keen on a street coincidence whilst overlaying an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) task had been discharged from health center, the Ashanti regional department of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has showed.

In a commentary signed by way of regional chair Kofi Adu Domfeh, the GJA mentioned the 4 reporters are “recovering steadily,” whilst one colleague stays hospitalized after maintaining a thigh damage.

“Ibrahim Abubakar (TV3/Akoma FM), Doris Lonta (Channel 1 TV), Nana Yaw Gyimah (Luv FM/JoyNews), and Joseph Obeng (Nhyira FM/Adom News) are doing well,” the commentary famous.

The injured journalist, Akwasi Adomako, a digicam technician with PleasureNews, underwent a success surgical treatment on his proper thigh on Saturday, ninth November, and is lately improving at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. “We continue to wish him a speedy and full recovery,” the GJA added.

The reporters have been getting back from an anti-galamsey raid in Dadwene and surrounding communities with EPA officers when the automobile they have been touring in collided with an oncoming automotive at Afari within the Atwima Nwabiagya district of the Ashanti Region.

The GJA expressed gratitude to reporters around the nation, participants of the general public, and the EPA for his or her strengthen all the way through the difficult duration.

The affiliation additionally warned reporters to prioritize their protection whilst reporting on unlawful mining. “Covering illegal mining operations poses significant risks. Our field monitoring confirms that many of these sites in the Ashanti Region are volatile, with illegal miners often armed and prone to violence against anyone perceived as a threat,” the commentary mentioned.

It prompt media execs to evaluate dangers moderately earlier than endeavor such assignments and to make sure good enough security features are in position when operating with anti-galamsey taskforces. The commentary emphasised that reporters will have to stay vigilant, call for coverage, and safeguard their lives to proceed reporting on tales of public hobby.

Illegal small-scale mining, recurrently referred to as galamsey, has been a continual problem in Ghana, with more than a few executive businesses, together with the EPA and the Minerals Commission, accomplishing common raids to curb environmental degradation. Journalists overlaying those operations steadily face unhealthy stipulations, highlighting the significance of protection measures and possibility consciousness within the method.

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