The former Director of Communications for the 2024 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia campaign team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has called on the government to declare a state of emergency to tackle illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
Stakeholders in the mining sector have raised concerns over the continued destruction of lands and pollution of water bodies due to illegal mining activities.
Speaking on Point Blank on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Monday, March 10, Dennis Miracles Aboagye urged the government to take decisive action to address the menace by declaring a state of emergency.
“We want the NDC to declare a state of emergency because galamsey has escalated. That is what they professed two months ago to us. We burnt excavators, we arrested illegal miners, we put them in jail and the president today said that was not the way to go but that is exactly what he is doing now.
“He said on a campaign platform that he doesn’t understand why we were arresting people in the pits and that when he comes, he will release them so why is he arresting them in the pits today?”
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