The former Member of Parliament for SIssala East constituency Mr. Ridwan Abass Dauda has disclosed that some persons assigned to help end illegal mining (galamsey) are deeply involved.
The former legislator posited that this has made the fight against galamsey has extremely difficult.
He said, ”you are leading a political party ad yet you engage in galamsey and want people to stop, how can that happen?”
Mr. Abass said it would be difficult if the politicians who are financing people to engage in galamsey are not stopped.
He encouraged Ghanaians to support the President in the fight against galamsey.
He also wants a comprehensive approach that will involve chiefs, the media and other stakeholders in ending galamsey.
He also argued that the burning of excavators which has gained the support of the President should be slammed since it would help in dealing with the matter.
Meanwhile, he wants politicians to depoliticize the fight because when our water bodies are destroyed everybody will be affected irrespective of their political affiliation.
”The issue of galamsey; we should handle it with thick and iron hands. Things will get out of hands if we don’t. Do we want few people to make money at the expense of Ghanaians? That should be the case, we have to deal with all the illegal miners with iron hands,” he suggested.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com