Galamsey fight: President has let us down - Atik Mohammed

Atik Mohammed has expressed disappointment in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his inability to fight galamsey (illegal mining).

The former General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC) asked why the president failed in his promise when he had all the resources to fight this economic menace.

It could be recalled that the president, prior to the 2016 elections, promised Ghanaians he would stop the illegal mining when voted into power.

This was generally one of the reasons why the president won the 2016 elections but galamsey doesn't seem to come to an end anytime soon.

Speaking during Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" show, Atik Mohammed slammed the president, saying, "For the life of me, I cannot just understand it to say that the fight against galamsey, we have lost it. How is that possible? We have every and anything it takes to win that fight, but I can't understand why we can't. It's because we are pretending to be fighting this galamsey when, indeed, we are not doing anything".

Atik doubted the president's commitment to the fight, stating, "We know the sources of galamsey. We know the people involved in galamsey, and if the president is really and truly committed to fighting this canker, he knows what to do.

"I feel the President has let us down," he added.

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