Akwasi Addai Odike the founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) has come out to say that the meeting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had with Chiefs and Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will not bear any fruits. Odike said that most of the people who attended the meeting including the President are all benefiting from illegal mining (galamsey).
He later added that the Presidents meeting can be likened to shareholders of a company who have met to share their profit. In an interview, he said ” The meeting the President held in Kumasi was a galamsey shareholders meeting. The chiefs are blaming the government for the menace, the government is also blaming the chiefs. These are the two groups who went to meet. They are the shareholders in galamsey.”
Speaking in “Twi” he later added that the President just went to give a speech and did not state any direct beneficiaries of galamsey. Hence Nana Akufo-Addo and the chiefs are the beneficiaries themselves. He pointed out that it is surprising that, despite all the resources available at the President’s disposal, he still chooses to indulge those he appointed and chiefs in fighting galamsey.
Yes, galamsey is destroying our lands and water bodies. We need to stop it as soon as possible but do you agree with what Akwasi Addai Odike is saying?
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