There's no galamsey pit in Accra - Allotey Jacobs replies demonstrators

Bernard Allotey Jacobs has told those demonstrating over galamsey to do so in the galamsey communities.

Galamsey (illegal mining) has become a serious matter of concern to Ghanaians, with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo coming under pressure to declare a state of emergency.

Additionally, a group called Democracy Hub protested on Friday, September 20, near the 37 Military Hospital.

Addressing the issue during Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" show, Allotey Jacobs rebuked the demonstrators, saying, "There is no galamsey pit in Accra... The essence of demonstration is when you demonstrate at those galamsey pit areas. Look, they will not feel it if you demonstrate in Accra making noise and wielding placards."

To him, demonstrations on galamsey will change nothing as they do not address the root cause of the problem.

"An effective way of stopping galamsey is for those who have decided to demonstrate to go to the galamsey areas, demonstrate to the people who are in the pit."

"It's not when it is left with two and a half months to elections that you will come and demonstrate. We have made politics out of it. So, both NDC and NPP members involved in galamsey, they've gone scot-free. That's what is happening in this country," he told host Nana Yaw Kesseh.