NPP Worse Than the Devil in Galamsey Fight – UTAG-KNUST President Blasts Both NPP and NDC

The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Eric K. K. Avabare, has launched a blistering attack on both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing them of monumental failure in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey).

In a Facebook post on Monday, September 22, 2025, Prof. Avabare condemned the NPP’s renewed public concern about galamsey, describing it as hypocritical and self-serving.

“I am surprised the NPP suddenly appears concerned about the galamsey menace, but they were terribly worse than the devil himself. They passed the mining law LI 2462, oversaw the building of chanfangs, and issued more mining licenses than all previous administrations combined since independence,” he wrote.

The UTAG-KNUST President further criticised both leading parties, accusing them of destroying Ghana’s environment and future.

“These two destructive parties have destroyed Ghana in a literal sense because they are clueless about what they are doing. I blame Ghanaians squarely for knowing what they know about these two parties and still queuing to vote for them while drinking poisoned water,” he lamented.

Prof. Avabare also took a swipe at President John Dramani Mahama, accusing him of offering weak excuses for failing to stop illegal mining during his earlier term in office.

“President JDM looked into the eyes of Ghanaians and told them they had short memories, and yet when he returned promising to solve galamsey, they voted for him again. Instead, he gave weak excuses for why he could not stop the destruction of water bodies, forest reserves, and farmlands,” he said.

He bemoaned what he described as Ghanaian complacency in demanding accountability, contrasting it with the likely reaction of citizens in other African nations.

“The citizens of a serious country like Kenya would have engaged in civil disobedience right away! The inertness of the Ghanaian makes them complicit in this destruction because they also benefit from it,” he stressed.

Prof. Avabare concluded by invoking the memory of the late Major Maxwell Mahama and other victims of galamsey-related violence, warning that Ghanaians cannot absolve themselves of the consequences of illegal mining.