John Boadu alleges NDC condemned galamsey publicly, endorsed privately
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has faced allegations from its critics for publicly condemning galamsey—illegal small-scale mining—while secretly failing to take firm action in government, effectively endorsing the menace in private, according to political insiders and minority lawmakers. Although there is no record of General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah or other NDC frontline figures directly admitting this, the accusation is rooted in a broader critique of hypocrisy and policy failure as Ghana struggles with escalating environmental damage. The Minority in Parliament, acting through Ranking Member Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, sharply condemned the government—led by NDC—as engaging in a “grand deception.” Despite publicly decrying galamsey, the Minority claims the administration has, in reality, allowed the crisis to deepen through inaction and selective enforcement. They claim that at least GHS 50 million was allocated in the 2025 budget for anti-galamsey efforts, yet measures remain mostly symbolic […]