NDC did more to fight 'galamsey' in 9 months than NPP did in 8 years - Sam George

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has called for decisive measures to tackle illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey”, warning of its devastating impact on Ghana’s water bodies.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, September 29, 2025, the minister said he was dissatisfied with the current state of the fight against the menace.

“Am I excited about where our country is with ‘galamsey’? Hell no, absolutely not. I think that a lot more has to be done,” he stated.

Samuel George, however, acknowledged that recent months have seen increased efforts to clamp down on illegal mining activities.

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“Certainly, we have seen more action in the last eight to nine months since Armah-Buah took office than we have seen in eight years,” he indicated.

He also commended the collaboration between the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, and former Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, in employing joint military operations to curb the practice.

“There’s considerable work. God bless his soul, my big brother, Omane Boamah, was doing a lot of joint military operations with Armah-Buah in that regard. We need to see decisive action to end ‘galamsey’. My views on ‘galamsey’ have not changed,” he said.

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