The Volta Regional Youth Organiser of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has mentioned the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is undermining the federal government’s efforts within the ongoing battle in opposition to unlawful mining, galamsey.

Speaking on PleasurePrime’s Prime Morning Show on Wednesday, he mentioned that the NPP has constantly downplayed the federal government’s projects and portrayed President John Mahama’s interventions as useless.

According to him, “President Mahama offers the ironclad assurances to the Ghanaian those that they (galamseyers) will probably be handled. You are belittling the efforts that the federal government has made to this point,” he advised the NPP member who used to be additionally at the display.

He emphasized that the President has proven a powerful dedication via enforcing measures to curb galamsey and making sure that even individuals of the NDC discovered to be complicit are disciplined.

“I’m telling you, about 1,400 arrests were made to this point with reference to the problem of galamsey. Just via an allegation that our National Organiser and others have been concerned, instantly the Attorney General wrote to EOCO to analyze them, that’s the extent of dedication of this regime,” he argued.

The factor of galamsey continues to irritate in some portions of the rustic, with dire penalties on water our bodies.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and people proceed to mount drive at the govt to introduce concrete measures to finish the threat as soon as and for all, with some calling for a declaration of a state of emergency.

Among the federal government’s interventions is NAIMOS, which is these days clamping down on unlawful mining actions and destroying a number of galamsey camps around the quite a lot of mining areas.

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