Communications Director of the 2024 Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has taken a swipe at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), questioning their credibility and effort in tackling the illegal mining menace—popularly known as galamsey—in Ghana.
In an interview on Joy News, Aboagye expressed his frustration and bemusement over what he described as the NDC’s struggle with galamsey, despite past warnings.
“Sometimes when I wake up and I see galamsey issues and the way this government is struggling with it, I feel like let us just laugh at them because we told them and they knew what we were saying was right,” he stated.
Mr Aboagye further criticised former President John Mahama, accusing him of sending the wrong message to illegal miners during his time on the campaign trail.
He believes Mahama’s stance on the matter has contributed to the ongoing challenges in clamping down on the activity.
“We told them that it is wrong for them to go and stand on a campaign trail as a presidential candidate and tell the people that ‘I don’t see the reason why the NPP would come and arrest them, people in the pit and that when I come to the office I will release you all the galamseyers’, that is what he (John Mahama) said,” Aboagye recalled.
