{"id":97014,"date":"2025-10-04T14:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=97014"},"modified":"2025-10-04T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:54:54","slug":"stop-the-pr-attempts-take-decisive-action-on-galamsey-miracles-aboagye-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=97014","title":{"rendered":"Stop the PR attempts, take decisive action on galamsey \u2013 Miracles Aboagye to gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has urged the government to stop what he describes as \u201cpublic relations gimmicks\u201d in the fight against illegal mining and instead take bold, results-driven action to end the menace.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019<\/strong> Newsfile on Saturday, October 4, Mr. Aboagye expressed frustration over what he called \u201cempty praise-singing\u201d and \u201cgaslighting\u201d of Ghanaians by officials close to the Presidency during the meeting with civil society organisations that Ghana has made progress in the galamsey fight. <\/p>\n

According to him, the menace \u201chas worsened in the past 10 months than it was before this government. That is the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf the President is watching, or anybody responsible is watching, they should freeze and pause all the PR attempts and confront the issues. We are in a deep crisis,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The Bawumia Campaign\u2019s Communications Director further called on the government to \u201cshift from doing the same things we\u2019ve been doing for years\u201d and adopt a radical and transparent approach to restore public trust and safeguard the country\u2019s environment and natural resources.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRight now, the entire country is ready to rally behind them, and the last thing we want is gaslighting and PR and telling us everything is fine when we know everything is not fine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He argued that the government\u2019s current approach is only reinforcing the problem rather than solving it, warning that illegal mining has escalated to unprecedented levels.<\/p>\n

Mr. Aboagye also criticised the operations of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) and the government\u2019s gold purchasing arrangements, which he said indirectly fuel galamsey activities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStop buying the gold from the galamseyers because you are enabling galamsey if you are providing an already ready market for them. I thought the Goldboard was actually going to make it difficult for illegal gold to be sold.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather, today in Ghana, gold sales are easier than they were in the past, because you have agents working in the villages now and picking up gold for the government. And when I hear the President say that, whether it is from illegal sources or legal sources, the state will buy it, that is enabling galamsey,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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