Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his discontent on how President Akufo-Addo is handling small scale miners in the country, saying he has been unfair to them.
The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has claimed that, the NPP has been bias with with how they treat galamsey operators. He set example with Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Huang, when she and other cohorts were arrested for illegal mining in 2018, Ghanaian galamsey miners were tried and jailed, while she was extradited to their home country.
“Small scale mining is currently a very sad venture. The NPP claimed they were fighting galamsey, instead, they arrested hard-working small-scale miners and put them before the court and behind bars,
“But the police arrested the Chinese miner called the Galamsey Queen and didn’t put her behind bars. The NPP freely let her go back to her country without facing the consequences. But our children are behind bars as we stand here.” He argued.
Flagbearer John Mahama has therefore promised to released arrested galamsey operators if elected into power.
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He also reiterated that, he will bring back galmasey with a well-planned measures to mne gold in the country.
“The NDC is introducing a system that will make things better, we won’t discriminate nor will we repeat the mistakes of the past and the current, we welcome every party and individual into having a fair share in the profits of mining, we won’t allow hunger to feed off any Ghanaian citizen.” He stated.