Hours after addressing a press conference on the banks of the River Pra in the Central Region Sunday, communications director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) seems to have become the topic many Ghanaians are talking about.
On Twitter, he has remained at the top of issues trending on the platform that has millions of members around the world.
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In the said press conference, Sammy Gyamfi on behalf of the NDC argued that President Akuffo-Addo and the NPP government had failed in their fight against illegal mining. They believe that instead of the NPP fighting the menace as promised, they had rather turned to making it a venture for making money for their party.
This, he says, has caused the massive degradation of lands and water bodies which has resulted in many negative results like the outbreak of skin diseases in communities along major rivers like the Pra which has been polluted by Galamsey. He also mentioned the amount of money that has gone into purification of water and other matters that he vbelieves shows the inability of the Akuffo-Addo government in fighting against Galamsey.
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The party, whiles calling for a public display of all items and equipments seized by the government in the wake of some missing excavators also say they will formally write to the UN General Secretary calling for the dismissal of President Akuffo-Addo as co-chair of the UN’s SDG Advocates.
Here are some of opinions Ghanaians have shared concerning the press conference and the issues raised.
