Threats of losing election won’t stop galamsey fight – Nana Addo
President Nana Addo has called the bluff of illegal miners threatening to vote against his party in the 2020 elections, if he continues with his anti galamsey fight.
Speaking at Soabe in the Eastern Region, the President said he is unfazed by these threats
Some residents of Prestea in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region, are kicking against the ban on all forms of small scale mining, initiated by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry across the country.
According to the residents, small-scale mining has been a part of their daily life “serving as a company” employing both skilled and unskilled youth in and around Prestea.
Source: citifmonline
They questioned the government’s decision to halt galamsey when there has not been any alternative livelihood programme to absorb the thousands of people involved in the practice.
Residents of the largest constituency in the Western Region are predominantly small scale miners. Successive governments which have over the years attempted to stop their operations, have often been voted out of office.
