The fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in Mpohor District is seen to becoming herculean task due to the involvement of some political and traditional leaders. To most people closer to the leaders in the district, both political and traditional leaders, it’s not surprising this menace is still happening in the district.
The leaders are actually involve in this activity hence their failure to end this environmental and life threatening menace . It’s observed that the operation vanguard team are normally called upon whenever there’s an issue involving any leader concerning this activity. It’s done just to cover up their unpardonable involvement in this treacherous work.
And the operation by the operation vanguard taskforce in the district on 30th July, 2019 is not different from their usual tactics to sway the authorities . There was an issue that involves one of the political leaders which claimed of him taking 30gh from the small scale miners for a registration which was supposed to be free. It’s believed that this case is been investigated by the BNI.
When the authorities in the Mpohor District Assembly(MDA) was questioned, the explanation given was that, the NPP constituency executives needed money to run the party that was why the 30gh was collected from the registrants. Our checks from the NPP constituency secretariat indicated that nothing of that sort has happened. Nobody can use the great NPP for his or her selfish gains. We respectfully entreat the national security to treat this issue with the urgency it deserves.
The operation of the operation vanguard is to most people a calculated plan by the said leader to cover up that case. This has led to the arrest of innocent people and subsequently sacrificing for the deeds of that leader. For sometime now, the political leaders, government appointees and some traditional leaders have been fingered in this illegal mining.
Some of the galamsey operators have accused most of them for extortion in number of times. The national security and BNI need to investigate this matter seriously because it’s getting out of control how this activity is done in the district. All the known rivers have been polluted through the activities of the illegal miners. The almighty RIVER Buture which serves both Mpohor Constituency and Ahanta West constituency is gradually losing its relevance for its domestic usage as the main source of water for thousands of people in these districts.
As a matter of urgency, the national security needs to take up this matter and investigate both the political and traditional leaders purported to be involved in this menace and appropriate sanction meted out to them.
Innocent people can’t in any be sacrificed for the deeds of those who supposed to know better. Heads must roll for the illegal mining in the Mpohor Constituency. The leaders in the constituency must be thoroughly investigated by the national security so that the president’s aim of sanitizing the small scale mining industry can be actualized in the Mpohor district.
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