Govt not thinking outside the box in galamsey fight Xavier Sosu LISTEN
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The fight against galamsey is assuming a wrong turn due to Government s own past failures in the fight. As a people, we must be worried because the havoc caused by galamsey activities is life-threatening and has the potential to endanger the collective future that we all envisage. The activities of galamseyers are gradually leading to very serious irredeemable environmental situations which include loss of biodiversity, clean water and pollution of our soil.
It is obvious that the institutional framework for the implementation of small-scale mining laws has completely broken down with corruption taking center stage. The failure of the Akufo Addo led government to deal with the situation within the last four years shows its weakness and incompetence in dealing with the issue of galamsey.
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Speaking on the recent National Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, A Plus said the exercise is a waste of resources. He said the president lacks commitment in bringing the menace to an end because he has failed to deal with people within his government and party who are engaged in the illegal trade. “There is nobody who can go out there and do galamsey when his Excellency has said we should not unless you have a certain power. A Plus Pulse Ghana “There is no Chinese who can walk into the country and enter the bush and start doing galamsey. Aisha Huang who was arrested and we repatriated her to her country was being protected by the same people who claim to be fighting galamsey , he said.