The Presidential Hopeful of the New Imaginative and prescient Motion, Kofi Koranteng, has asserted that neither the New Patriotic Celebration (NPP) nor the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) is keen to see the struggle in opposition to unlawful mining (galamsey) by way of.
In accordance with him, the basis challenge isn’t galamsey itself, however reasonably a failure in management.
He argued that each political events have worsened the issue reasonably than take the required actions to successfully fight the issue.
“We’ve by no means had a galamsey downside. We don’t have a galamsey downside. It’s management that has failed. It isn’t galamsey that’s unhealthy,” he stated on Pleasure Information.
Mr Kwarteng pressured that the menace has endured by way of each the NPP and NDC administrations and has solely intensified over time.
“This authorities or the NDC authorities won’t resolve the galamsey downside. They can’t, they won’t. They are going to discuss and kiss and hug the issue however they won’t resolve it. These are two felony entities which have taken over Ghana.
“Individuals are dying from the degrees of toxicity in our meals and water. The tubers take in the acid and the mercury and all the opposite heavy metals.
“We’re on the level the place the most cancers has metricized. It’s full-blown most cancers past the fourth stage. It’s terminal and at this level, no quantity of chemotherapy will assist, no quantity of radiation will assist. Possibly we may go in and take out the tumor. Our solely resolution is the suitable management,” he added.
In the meantime, Convener for the Media Coalition In opposition to Galamsey, Dr. Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey has challenged the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Celebration (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to implement his coverage plan to deal with ‘galamsey’, earlier than the December 7 common elections.
In accordance with him, Ghanaians can not wait till after the elections for the insurance policies outlined within the manifestos of the NPP and Nationwide Democratic Congress to be carried out to deal with the galamsey disaster.
This follows John Mahama’s pledge to deploy Synthetic Intelligence to struggle unlawful mining actions if he’s elected president within the 2024 elections.
Dr Bawumia has additionally pledged to introduce a revised strategy to curb unlawful mining and protect confiscated tools, particularly excavators if elected.
Nonetheless, Dr Ing. Ashigbey stated it will be important for politicians to acknowledge the galamsey disaster and take care of it decisively.
He criticized politicians for his or her involvement in unlawful mining actions, citing firms resembling Akonta Mining and Heritage Imperial, which have evaded accountability regardless of quite a few petitions.