Galamsey: 'The promised state of emergency has vanished' - Minority Leader

The Minority Leader successful Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has accused the authorities of failing to enactment connected its promises to tackle the amerciable mining menace, popularly referred to arsenic galamsey.

At a property league successful effect to President John Dramani Mahama's 120 days successful office, connected Thursday, May 8, 2025, helium criticised the government's inactions, stating that the promised authorities of exigency to code amerciable mining (galamsey) has turned into silence.

"The promised authorities of exigency has vanished, replaced by soundlessness and inaction, portion the assemblage curate sheds crocodile tears connected nationalist tv implicit atrocious authorities of our rivers, forests and farmland. This is not leadership.

"It is cowardice dressed successful bare run rhetoric. It, therefore, came without a astonishment to the radical of Ghana erstwhile precocious connected May Day, Organised Labour, speaking done its Secretary General, boldly condemned the grade to which galamsey is destroying our environment,” helium said.

He continued that; "And to punctuation Organised Labour, galamsey has worsened wrong the fewer months that the NDC assumed office... Today Organised Labour is boldly telling america and saying it to the look of the NDC medication that wrong this abbreviated play of governance, the concern has worsened," helium remarked.

During a caller property briefing, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resorces, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, broke down successful tears arsenic helium vividly described the demolition caused by amerciable mining successful the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.

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