Akufo-Addo is aware that NPP bigwigs are into galamsey – A Plus

Fierce critic of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Asare Obeng has alleged that for fear of losing this year’s presidential election, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has allowed powerful members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to carry out illegal mining(galamsey)  unhindered

 According to him the President who had promised to  end galamsey even it would cost him his Presidency, has had to abandon the fight for fear of losing it in this year’s election hence the massive resurgence in the practice which devastates the environment.

He made the comment following reports that by the Forestry Commission that powerful persons are behind the more virulent recurrence of galamsey especially in the Bekwai Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.

“The Forestry Commission says unseen powerful persons are behind the resurgence of illegal mining in some forest reserves in the country.

One of such affected forest is the Bekwai Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, where illegal miners have destroyed about 7 hectares of land.”RELATED POSTS

Please go straight to the point. NPP big men have taken over concessions and are now the kingpins of galamsey. H.E Nana Addo is very much aware of what is going on but he has been lied to that he would lose the election if he continues his galamsey fight. Because he is more interested in the next election than the next generation, he has turned a deaf ear, “he wrote on Facebook.

He wonders why the President would put his winning election ahead of the future of the country.

“That is why I keep asking, Nana, at your age, what will happen if you save the environment and lose the next election?” He quizzed

In 2017, the NPP government launched several initiatives to fight the menace of galamsey but the efforts have stalled and galamsey is back in full force.