The Convener of the Media Coalition against Illegal Mining, Kenneth Ashigbey says illegal mining could lead Ghana to extinction if measures are not put in place to end the menace.
Convener of the Media Coalition against Galamsey, Kenneth Ashigbey, says the lackadaisical attitude of politicians to curb the galamsey menace is largely because they benefit from it too.
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Convener of the Media Coalition against Galamsey, Kenneth Ashigbey has advised that all Municipal and District Chief Executives under whose watch the practice of illegal mining is taking place rampantly should be fired from their post.
Speaking to Evans Mensah on Top Story, he said that these leaders who continuously look on while ‘galamsey’ takes place in their jurisdictions are not worthy of representing the President there.
“Dealing with the issue of galamsey starts with local leadership. So I have always said that all district executives, MCEs that constantly have galamsey taking place in their district are the first people to lose their jobs, then we will take it to the regional ministers who are also supervising,” he said Wednesday.