President Mahama should urgently address the nation and outline his strategies to fight High-tech Galamsey

Our beloved Ghana is bleeding. The once-vibrant forests that whispered our history are now scarred with gaping pits. Rivers that quenched the thirst of generations run thick with poison. Farmlands that fed millions lie barren, suffocated under the weight of greed. The High-Tech Galamsey (HTG) menace has evolved into a monstrous, high-tech operation, armed with excavators, and mercenary tactics, and it is eating away at the soul of our nation.

President John Dramani Mahama should address the nation with urgency and present a bold, actionable plan to save Ghana from this existential threat of HTG menace!

The devastation is no longer hidden. From the muddy ruins of the Western Region to the toxic streams of the Eastern and Ashanti Regions, galamsey has become a sophisticated criminal enterprise, backed by shadowy financiers and protected by corruption.

We cannot afford to focus on only the poor, artisanal miners trying to feed their families but also the well-connected syndicates using advanced technology and power to outsmart authorities, bribing their way through every checkpoint, and laughing in the face of our laws.

When Operation Vanguard and Operation Halt were launched, we saw brief hope, but the excavators returned the moment the soldiers turned their backs. This is not a failure of strategy; it is a failure of political will.

President Mahama has a unique opportunity to rise above partisan politics and lead a national crusade because there is enormous goodwill from Ghana regarding this HTG fight. Imagine the impact if he stood before Ghanaians and declared: "Enough is enough." He must demand real-time satellite tracking of all earth-moving equipment, with military-grade enforcement to crush every illegal operation.

The President should warn immediate seizure of assets e.g. cars, houses, luxury goods, etc. from every galamsey Kingpin, no matter how politically connected. He must push for community whistleblower programs, where locals are empowered and protected to report these criminals. And critically, he must challenge the media to shine an unrelenting spotlight on this HTG fight e.g. naming, shaming, and exposing the big men behind the destruction.

But words alone will not save us. The media must become the battlefield. Every radio station, every TV network, every online platform must turn galamsey into a daily national emergency. We need documentaries that show the human cost e.g. the children poisoned by mercury, the farmers left with nothing, and the future we are stealing from our people.

We need investigative journalists (e.g. Anas Aremeyaw Anas, etc.) to follow the money and unmask the powerful faces behind the dredging machines. Social media must explode with outrage, not just for a week, but until real change happens.

If we do not act now, our children will inherit wasteland. President Mahama should break his silence on the fight against High-Tech Galamsey (HTG) by addressing the nation on strategies taken so far and next steps of his regime to Ghanaians on the HTG matter to allay genuine fears for our natural environmental and associated consequences. The time to fight this HTG menace is NOW!