Eco-Conscious Citizens calls for arrest of Annoh-Dompreh over 'galamsey' comments

A group calling itself Eco-conscious Citizens are demanding the arrest of the Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, following his alleged admission of involvement in illegal mining activities, commonly known as “galamsey.”

The group, comprising of environmental activists and concerned community members, expressed outrage over the MP’s purported confession and is calling for swift action from law enforcement authorities.

The Majority Chief Whip and Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, during an emergency sitting of parliament in Accra on Tuesday, September 3, had also claimed that the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government polluted water bodies more than the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

Responding to the minority’s concerns about the government’s failure to tackle the galamsey menace which has devastated the country’s water bodies and forest reserves, Annoh-Dompreh asserted that an investigation would reveal that the NDC caused more water pollution during their tenure.

In an interview on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, September 7, 2024, the Coordinator for the Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwaa, said duty bearers did not care about the menace, as demonstrated by Mr Annoh-Dompreh.

She noted that what Mr Annoh-Dompreh said was an admission of guilt and that he should be arrested.

“I have a view that they (duty bearers) just don’t care. You saw the recent ‘goings-on’ in parliament where an MP behaved like a kindergarten child and talked about who has poisoned the waters more than the other.

“This is an admission of guilt, and he should be arrested because you are saying that you have not poisoned as much as the NDC has,” she stressed.

“This is not a competition. The house is on fire. We face an existential threat. We should be solving the problem. We can solve it today if the political will is there.

“Unfortunately, the political will isn’t there, and we, the people who have a constitutional duty to protect and safeguard the environment, have to take action now before we reach the point of no return,” she added.

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