{"id":46948,"date":"2025-04-09T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=46948"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:19:08","slug":"mr-president-rescind-this-policy-before-ghana-is-destroyed-prof-anings-plea-over-galamsey-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=46948","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mr President, rescind this policy before Ghana is destroyed\u2019 \u2013 Prof. Aning\u2019s plea over galamsey directive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>2 Minute, 29 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Security expert Professor Kwasi Aning has criticised the directive to transfer all police commanders stationed in mining communities, warning that the policy, particularly its handling of foreign nationals involved in galamsey, could ultimately destroy the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Joy News\u2019 <em>PM Express<\/em> on Tuesday, April 8, he described the Interior Minister\u2019s decision as \u201cpopulist,\u201d \u201cunthoughtful,\u201d and \u201ca disgrace,\u201d arguing that it fails to address the root causes of illegal mining and sends a dangerous message to transnational criminal elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have absolutely no sympathy,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI detest being an independent Ghanaian in Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s Ghana and being treated like a second-class citizen. And let me appeal to the President directly; Mr. President, rescind this policy before this country is destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The policy in question, announced by Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak, directs the Inspector General of Police to immediately transfer all regional, divisional, and district police commanders who have served for long periods in mining areas without showing significant progress in the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>In a further controversial move, the Minister said that foreign nationals caught engaging in galamsey would be deported without prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Aning condemned the deportation approach as not only ineffective but deeply damaging to Ghana\u2019s sovereignty and justice system. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a policy that will serve as an attraction for even worse criminals to come,\u201d he warned. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know we don\u2019t have the capacity to prosecute them. They know we don\u2019t have the political will to do what is right for the people of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shMNv4w98l8?si=oKSuxrOE536Lc5V2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He challenged the President to make his final term count, stating that the current approach falls drastically short of the promises made in the State of the Nation Address. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is your legacy term\u2014let it matter and let it count,\u201d he implored. \u201cYour minister has demonstrated an unwillingness and a reluctance to hold the bull by the horns and resolve this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he acknowledged that some changes in police deployment could be beneficial, he stressed that arbitrary transfers without resources and proper accountability structures would be meaningless. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s useful that we give the police officers performance indicators,\u201d Prof. Aning said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we need to give them the resources, Your Excellency, so that the three months can be tested and their results checked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t hold back on what he sees as the broader implications of the policy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot have a two-tier law. 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