Dr Cyril Fayose, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, has disclosed that he narrowly escaped death while leading a fact-finding mission on illegal mining.
He also debunked claims that the council visited a galamsey site to pray at a time when galamsey posed a significant problem.
It would be recalled that in October 2022, the Council led Christian ecumenical bodies in the country to tour some mining sites in the Eastern Region.
After the tour, it was widely reported that the clergy had gone to the sites to pray.
But reacting to the issue for the first time, Dr Cyril Fayose stated that the clergy toured these sites to observe and have first-hand information on the level of devastation as a result of mining activities.
He disclosed that he and others nearly died during the tour.
Reverend Dr Cyril Fayose, the General Secretary of the Council, stated that the media misrepresented the facts at the time of publication, which subjected the CCG to unwarranted public criticism.
Dr Fayose clarified that the CCG team had undertaken a fact-finding mission at the galamsey site, an endeavour that nearly resulted in the loss of his life and those of other team members.
He made the remarks at a press briefing by the Council to launch its maiden Ecumenical Convention.
The event will be held from November 14 to 16 at the Central Cafeteria, University of Ghana, Legon, under the theme “Uniting the Body of Christ for Greater Impact”.
Dr Fayose recounted that it took a timely intervention from a bystander to alert him and his colleagues to the danger. “Luckily for us, the portion we stood on was covered,” he stated, adding that a larger group would likely have resulted in fatalities.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
