Treat Galamseyers as Hardcore Criminals and Declare a State of Emergency – Kwame Sarpong Asiedu Urges Mahama
Dr. Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, a Research Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has urged President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency in response to the escalating crisis of illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in the country. He emphasized that galamseyers should be treated as hardcore criminals and called for immediate and stringent measures.Dr. Asiedu’s comments came in the wake of a disturbing attack on members of the Forestry Commission’s Rapid Response Team by armed illegal miners in the Offin Shelterbelt Forest Reserve. One officer was critically wounded after being slashed in the knee by a machete during the ambush. In a Facebook post, Dr. Asiedu declared, “At this stage, we are at war, and we must understand it.” He warned against underestimating the gravity of the situation, calling those who suggest leniency part of the […]
