Accra-Site: Rich in gold, poor health facility

Accra-Site is a vibrant mining community in the Tolla-Nungu sub-district in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region.

In the early 1990s, mining was rife in the community. Many foreign companies invaded the community and exploited the depts of the earth for precious gold, leaving environmental destruction in their trail.

During this period, the community was densely populated, mainly by outsiders, which generated a lot of human movement.

The indigenes felt their quiet community had become like Accra which is characterized by congestion and heavy human movement and many started referring to the area as Accra-Site.

The name has come to stay. Many of the foreign miners have left but there are still some appreciable level of surface mining in the community. The indigenes, however, are mainly peasant farmers.