{"id":98634,"date":"2025-10-15T08:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98634"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:17:11","slug":"npp-belittling-governmnets-efforts-in-galamsey-fight-mathias-alagbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98634","title":{"rendered":"NPP belittling governmnet\u2019s efforts in galamsey fight \u2013 Mathias Alagbo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Volta Regional Youth Organiser of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is undermining the government\u2019s efforts in the ongoing fight against illegal mining, galamsey.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyPrime\u2019s Prime Morning Show<\/strong> on Wednesday, he stated that <\/strong>the NPP has consistently downplayed the government\u2019s initiatives and portrayed President John Mahama\u2019s interventions as ineffective.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cPresident Mahama gives the ironclad assurances to the Ghanaian people that they (galamseyers) will be dealt with. You are belittling the efforts that the government has made so far,\u201d he told the NPP member who was also on the show.<\/p>\n

He emphasised that the President has shown a strong commitment by implementing measures to curb galamsey and ensuring that even members of the NDC found to be complicit are disciplined.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am telling you, about 1,400 arrests have been made so far with regard to the issue of galamsey. Just by an allegation that our National Organiser and others were involved, immediately the Attorney General wrote to EOCO to investigate them, that is the extent of commitment of this regime,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

The issue of galamsey continues to worsen in some parts of the country, with dire consequences on water bodies. <\/p>\n

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and individuals continue to mount pressure on the government to introduce concrete measures to end the menace once and for all, with some calling for a declaration of a state of emergency.<\/p>\n

Among the government\u2019s interventions is NAIMOS, which is currently clamping down on illegal mining activities and destroying several galamsey camps across the various mining regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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