Military action against galamsey is a 'lazy strategy' – Security analyst warns of political delay tactics

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Victor A. Young 1 year ago

So what's your suggestion to curb galamsey..??

So what's your suggestion to curb galamsey..??
Wants government to kill people to lose votes 1 year ago

It won't happen today or tomorrow. Galamseyers are Ghanaians.

It won't happen today or tomorrow. Galamseyers are Ghanaians.
Anafo South 1 year ago

Good question!

Good question!
Prince Farmer 1 year ago

Gyimifo, didn't your read what his suggestion was. Aboaa

Gyimifo, didn't your read what his suggestion was. Aboaa
BugaBuga 1 year ago

PRINCE STOP INSULTING PEOPLE KWASIABI BA
COL (RTD) FESTUS ABOAGYE HAD A BIASED MIND. NDC NONSENSE HAS COLOURED HIS THINKING AND HAS THEREFORE BECOME DEAF, DAFT AND DUMB. STEP BACK AND READ ALL HIS COMMENTS. HE IS ALWAYS ATTA ...
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PRINCE STOP INSULTING PEOPLE KWASIABI BA
COL (RTD) FESTUS ABOAGYE HAD A BIASED MIND. NDC NONSENSE HAS COLOURED HIS THINKING AND HAS THEREFORE BECOME DEAF, DAFT AND DUMB. STEP BACK AND READ ALL HIS COMMENTS. HE IS ALWAYS ATTACKING NPP AND THE GOVERNMENT. THIS MAN WAS SACKED FROM THE MILITARY FOR BEATING A WOMAN. NDC M, TRUE TO FORM EXONERATED THIS WICKED MAN AND REINSTATED HIM. NO ONE SHOULD LISTEN TO HIM NOR TAKE HIS ADVISE SERIOUSLY. GOD WILL DEAL WITH FESTUS ABOAGYE AT THE RIGHT TIME. HIS END WILL BE VERY DISASTROUS. I WONDER WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE WICKED, LACK COMMON SENSE AND HAVE SUCH TWISTED MENTALITY. TIME WILL TELL. ABOAGYE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER GHANA. PERIOD !!!!!!!
Silas 1 year ago

Eeei this man! Nothing this govt does or sayest appeals to your good self!! Chai! Cut nana addo some small slack wai. Give the govt some small credit when they deserve it please

Eeei this man! Nothing this govt does or sayest appeals to your good self!! Chai! Cut nana addo some small slack wai. Give the govt some small credit when they deserve it please
Kojois 1 year ago

Stupid man. Give us a solution. Mr know nothing . Useless comment

Stupid man. Give us a solution. Mr know nothing . Useless comment
ZUZA 1 year ago

So what’s your suggested comprehensive plan of action, Mr Colonel? Talk is cheap.

So what’s your suggested comprehensive plan of action, Mr Colonel? Talk is cheap.
Steve Kaye London 1 year ago

Ei, Mr. Who knows everything, what is your plan to fight galamsay? You are just like Franklin Codjoe and Bright Simmons but, you know nothing other than criticism. Your hatred for this government will take you to an early ...
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Ei, Mr. Who knows everything, what is your plan to fight galamsay? You are just like Franklin Codjoe and Bright Simmons but, you know nothing other than criticism. Your hatred for this government will take you to an early grave, since Dr.Bawumia will continue from where Nana Addo leaves off. You better get used to it, because Ghanaians will vote massively for Dr.Bawumia in December.
Kwesi: What is the meaning of Otumfuor when Ashanti is HQ for Galamsey 1 year ago

Wontumi and his Akonta mines are galamseying in forest reserves and contaminating rivers, he is under protection of military cum police. Yet Asantehene...so called Otumfuor, watches and allows him? Meanwhile docs at Komfo Ano ...
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Wontumi and his Akonta mines are galamseying in forest reserves and contaminating rivers, he is under protection of military cum police. Yet Asantehene...so called Otumfuor, watches and allows him? Meanwhile docs at Komfo Anokye see upsurge in Kidney dialysis patients. So what is the use of Otumfuor?? Mercury in water cannot be removed with normal filter, so the pure water you buy will also have mercury, wait till you have to pay ghc400/ dialysis session and pay Ghc1200 per week...wicked NPP thieves. Is it not conceivable that "Otumfuor is paid by Wontumi??111

Kofi 1 year ago

There's no sense in what this idiot is saying.

There's no sense in what this idiot is saying.
Shai 1 year ago

What he us is that we have tried same approach before and it didn't work. So intelligence gathering and addressing youth unemployment will be vital. No need to kill our own. Dialogue and education and some force. Force alone ...
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What he us is that we have tried same approach before and it didn't work. So intelligence gathering and addressing youth unemployment will be vital. No need to kill our own. Dialogue and education and some force. Force alone will not work.
Critical 1 year ago

People should leave unemployment out of the equation and look at facts
80 to 90% of all those using Changan machines on river bodies are either not Ghanaians or don’t come from area of operation
Same percentage apply to t ...
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People should leave unemployment out of the equation and look at facts
80 to 90% of all those using Changan machines on river bodies are either not Ghanaians or don’t come from area of operation
Same percentage apply to those doing galamsay in forests and other areas
The police chiefs adikros assemblymen lawyers political leaders hospital staff assembly staff civil servants
Pastors and priest marketwomen and the whole fabric of Ghanaian community
I was expecting the so called security expert to talk about chasing the drug peddlers illegal immigrants from west Africa gun trodded
All these should be a confidential report to the head of state not his media outburst
Find. Job for Colonel
Bomsaka 1 year ago

So itemize your comprehensive solutions for us! If you won't your laziness is of gargantuan proportions. In another jurisdiction, such an expert will publish an op-ed article in a major news paper presenting solutions. In Gha ...
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So itemize your comprehensive solutions for us! If you won't your laziness is of gargantuan proportions. In another jurisdiction, such an expert will publish an op-ed article in a major news paper presenting solutions. In Ghana, they sit in TV studios, cheered on by ignorant presenters to spew their trade mark trash," It is not possible". Shame!
Kojo 1 year ago

As is said, talk is cheap and anybody says anything and gets away. Col is disingenuous not to mention the fact that President Mahama also deployed the military between 2012 to 2016. What data compilation is he talking about h ...
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As is said, talk is cheap and anybody says anything and gets away. Col is disingenuous not to mention the fact that President Mahama also deployed the military between 2012 to 2016. What data compilation is he talking about here. We know where our water bodies are and a simple search and demobilise are all the instructions required
KWASI IN EUROPE 1 year ago

This so-called analyst is an armchair analyst. He spoke and spoke without giving any suggestion to solve the problem. He is a lazy analyst.

This so-called analyst is an armchair analyst. He spoke and spoke without giving any suggestion to solve the problem. He is a lazy analyst.
Akumiah Tetteh 1 year ago

Retired expert, please, what strategic emergency operation write-up did you leave behind as you proceeded on retirement. It would have been a blue for ready reference.
Again, do you think current officers are ignorant of ris ...
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Retired expert, please, what strategic emergency operation write-up did you leave behind as you proceeded on retirement. It would have been a blue for ready reference.
Again, do you think current officers are ignorant of risk assessment, operation strategies, setting targets and time frames. Operation information is not for public consumption. May I ask how you prepared officers to succeed you?
Lee Terkpor. Wicked Festus Aboagye 1 year ago

He was sacked from the military for beating one Mrs Ahiable into coma. Mrs Ahiable's sin was using a small path at the back his house his house. This man is very wicked.

He was sacked from the military for beating one Mrs Ahiable into coma. Mrs Ahiable's sin was using a small path at the back his house his house. This man is very wicked.
joe 1 year ago

No sir. the 2019 exercise was stopped because of similar criticisms. In my view the recasitrant child must be shown the red.

No sir. the 2019 exercise was stopped because of similar criticisms. In my view the recasitrant child must be shown the red.
K. Danso 1 year ago

This man is confused and his hatred for the government is very clear. He takes delight in criticizing the government to please his political masters. He's hollow and empty.

This man is confused and his hatred for the government is very clear. He takes delight in criticizing the government to please his political masters. He's hollow and empty.

Akosua Tamale 1 year ago

All we know is just to talk. Empty talk..No solutions

All we know is just to talk. Empty talk..No solutions
Esa 1 year ago

What is your suggestion old soldier? Always critizing but bankrupt of ideas himself. If you don't have solution you better shut up.

What is your suggestion old soldier? Always critizing but bankrupt of ideas himself. If you don't have solution you better shut up.
Afriyie 1 year ago

Security, unless individuals desire for the government's strategy to be disclosed. It is evident that they intend for the information to be utilized as a tool against the government and its activities. Why do they not approac ...
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Security, unless individuals desire for the government's strategy to be disclosed. It is evident that they intend for the information to be utilized as a tool against the government and its activities. Why do they not approach the military to obtain their plans and strategies? This talk is the most foolish one I have ever heard. How did we learn about the destruction of 19 Chanfans without data? The military utilized drones to collect information from all target areas before deployment. Is that not the gathering of information?
Addo 1 year ago

Individuals looking for government security plans may have hidden agendas to exploit the information to undermine the government and its activities. Asking the military for their plans and strategies would be irrational. If w ...
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Individuals looking for government security plans may have hidden agendas to exploit the information to undermine the government and its activities. Asking the military for their plans and strategies would be irrational. If we didn't collect data, how could we have found out that 19 chaffans were destroyed? The military gathers extensive data through drone surveillance before deploying their troops for missions. They have only been in operation for less than a fortnight, and yet you are already expressing dissatisfaction, logic dictates that sensitive information should not be disclosed in public. The media is not briefed until after a mission is completed, or if they are called to the scene.
Kwaky 1 year ago

These people, study when and who introduced galamsay in Ghana.PNDC. Don't we all see the rivers in which the acts are being practiced?

These people, study when and who introduced galamsay in Ghana.PNDC. Don't we all see the rivers in which the acts are being practiced?
Attah 1 year ago

This man is always spews nonsense! I don't know how he got the tag "security expert"! He's a disgrace to his profession! He's a typical example of " in the land of the blind, the one eye man is king"!

This man is always spews nonsense! I don't know how he got the tag "security expert"! He's a disgrace to his profession! He's a typical example of " in the land of the blind, the one eye man is king"!
Critical 1 year ago

Any frustrated person in life call himself analyst this zombie Aboagye is one of the laziest security officers the country has produced
If govt has that data should he broadcast it I don’t know who has been calling this du ...
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Any frustrated person in life call himself analyst this zombie Aboagye is one of the laziest security officers the country has produced
If govt has that data should he broadcast it I don’t know who has been calling this dumb to disturb the airwaves
There is a target the govt has set up and in every project u have the short medium and long terms
The bigger objectives are to erradicate all illegal mining activities so Aboagye go back to officers mess and take something wai
Erik 1 year ago

How can one win the fight against the galamsey.menace if you destroy their equipment and the preparators are not prosecuted. With all the illigal money they have acquired they can easily buy new maochines and continue wit ...
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How can one win the fight against the galamsey.menace if you destroy their equipment and the preparators are not prosecuted. With all the illigal money they have acquired they can easily buy new maochines and continue with their illegality
ROB 1 year ago

JDM IS THE SAME WITH THE SAME MINDSET.
VOTING JDM INTO OFFICE AGAIN MEANS THERE IS NOBODY IN GHANA NOW WHO CAN EVEN BE EQUAL TO HIM AND AFTER HIS 4 YEAR TERM IN OFFICE, THERE WOULD NO ONE WITH THE BRAIN IN GHANA TO BE PRESID ...
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JDM IS THE SAME WITH THE SAME MINDSET.
VOTING JDM INTO OFFICE AGAIN MEANS THERE IS NOBODY IN GHANA NOW WHO CAN EVEN BE EQUAL TO HIM AND AFTER HIS 4 YEAR TERM IN OFFICE, THERE WOULD NO ONE WITH THE BRAIN IN GHANA TO BE PRESIDENT.
THAT GHANA WILL BECOME LIKE SINGAPORE/SOUTH KOREA IF HE IS GIVEN POWER FOR ANOTHER 4YRS.
IT WILL BE VERY SHAMEFUL TO GHANA WITH ALL THE TALENTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE WOULD BE A LAUGHING STOCK.
Tom 1 year ago

You see these so called analysts, they will never propose a solution to a problem but always quick to rubbish someone solution to a problem

You see these so called analysts, they will never propose a solution to a problem but always quick to rubbish someone solution to a problem

Dovi 1 year ago

This idiot is always attacking the government without professing my solution. What wrong did the Kuffuor's government did by sacking you from the military for beating a woman into coma

This idiot is always attacking the government without professing my solution. What wrong did the Kuffuor's government did by sacking you from the military for beating a woman into coma
patrick poku maboah 1 year ago

the deployment of the military was this not one of the demands of the Labour Unions that the President put in immediately? this Colonel was in Ghana Army for many years during which period galamsey has been going on what been ...
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the deployment of the military was this not one of the demands of the Labour Unions that the President put in immediately? this Colonel was in Ghana Army for many years during which period galamsey has been going on what been input for the fight, criticism is the easy thing any person can do, if he has any better proposals can't he find a way to reach the army
to make some useful suggestions if any, this fight is not for govt only we all have relatives doing galamsey,it has become a social and economic challenge, we must give our support and STOP point scoring.

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