miners

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed the deaths of seven miners at Korle Teye, a mining community in Birim North Municipality, where a mining pit caved in yesterday, trapping some miners. Three survivors of the incident are currently receiving treatment at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital, while the bodies of the seven miners have been deposited at the same hospital’s mortuary. The Eastern Regional Operations Director of NADMO, Alfred Owiredu Agyeman speaking on the incident noted that “We received a report from our Deputy Director for Birim North that a galamsey pit in a community called Korle Teye…