Akufo-Addo must account for his 'failed fight against galamsey' - NDC

The National Democratic Congress has asked the President, HE. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to render a detailed account of his administration's fight against illegal mining to Ghanaians.

The opposition party has also asked the president to give a financial account of how much he has spent on his failed fight against galamsey.

Speaking at a press conference, Communications Officer for the NDC, Mr. Gyamfi accused the President of sweet-talking Ghanaians into believing his resoluteness in ending illegal mining.

"The president should account to Ghanaians how much went into his failed fight against illegal mining and should also as a matter of urgency and a responsible government sack Minister for Environment, Science and Technology.

"It is now crystal clear, that after spending millions of taxpayers money on the Inter-Ministerial Committee Against Illegal Mining (IMCIM), “Galamstop”, “Operation Vanguard” and other activities, and after killing and maiming several young Ghanaians, certain top officials of the Akufo Addo government have teamed up with officials of the NPP to callously takeover the illicit “galamsey” trade, despite its deleterious effects on our environment and human lives.

"Not even the hardcore evidence seen in the “Galamsey Fraud” documentary, a painstaking investigation by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, in which a Presidential Staffer Charles Bissue was indicted, was enough to move the President into swift action in order to salvage the wobbly fight against “Galamsey”. Apart from the “galamsey” kingpin, Charles Bissue, several actors within the Akufo-Addo government have in one way or the other compromised the fight against Galamsey, while the President looks on unconcerned," he indicated.

He gave the assurance that should the NDC win this year's elections, the party will ensure everyone who is culpable, faces the full rigours of the law.

"...the next NDC government come 2020 will prosecute all those who have been involved in the corrupt and shoddy fight against illegal mining," Sammy Gyamfi vowed.