NPP will support galamsey fight, not politicize it like NDC did — Miracles Aboagye

The 2024 Director of Communications for the NPP flagbearer campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has assured that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will support efforts to fight illegal small-scale mining, known locally as galamsey, rather than politicizing the issue as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did while in opposition.

In a social media post on Monday, March 24, he bemoaned the worsening galamsey situation just 90 days after President John Dramani Mahama’s inauguration, attributing it to the NDC’s past politicization of the issue for electoral gains.

“Galamsey has escalated within 90 days at an alarming rate, and today, like never before, illegal miners are confronting security operatives, brandishing weapons, and attacking them. What have you done to us? What have you brought upon the nation?

“But unlike you and your cohorts, we will not use galamsey for politics. We will support you to end this nonsense once and for all to save our motherland. Whatever needs to be done, let’s do it together to win this battle,” he wrote.

Miracles Aboagye accused President Mahama and the NDC of escalating the galamsey crisis through political interference while in opposition.

“You and your fake neutrals weaponized and politicized one of Ghana’s biggest social cankers, galamsey. You promised the criminals who were arrested, tried, and jailed for these wicked acts against nature that you would grant them amnesty if they voted for you. You assured them of their release and the return of their excavators,” he stated.

He also questioned why President Mahama continues to deploy security forces to the forests despite his campaign promise to fight illegal mining using artificial intelligence (AI).

“You told the people to vote for you so you could fight galamsey with artificial intelligence (AI). So, what are you doing with physical force in the forests, risking the lives of our security operatives? Is that the AI you promised?” he quizzed.