After the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) called the government’s efforts to stop illegal mining in the nation a hoax, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) retaliated.
In a statement, Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah, the NPP’s deputy director of communications, claimed that the NDC’s actions were “like calling the kettle black” because of their appalling track record with the galamsey scourge.
When they had the chance to put an end to it, Mr. Owusu Bempah charged that the NDC had allowed and allowed galamsey to fester.
“We are talking about a party that shamelessly launched the Youth in Small Scale Mining programme in the Eastern Region, which apparently opened the floodgate for galamsey.”
“Of course, the galamsey situation got so bad under Mahama in 2015, such that he had to hang his shame on the people of Kyebi, tagging the place as the headquarters of Galamsay in the country.”
He further accused the NDC of enabling galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang to thrive in Ghana.
“For those that may have missed this; the erstwhile Mahama government issued an infinite resident permit to Aisha Huang.”
“Precisely on 28th March 2015, Aisha Huang was given an indefinite resident permit to live here in perpetuity and to engage in her illegal activities. This happened under the Mahama administration. Meanwhile, she was unsuccessful in getting the permit during the President Kufour era.”
