President of the Professionals Forum of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sam Pee Yalley, has appealed to Ghanaians to offer the NDC authorities time to correctly interact stakeholders within the struggle towards unlawful mining, popularly often known as galamsey.
Mr Yalley highlighted the complexity of the unlawful mining challenge and the necessity for considerate engagement earlier than implementing insurance policies.
“We’re dealing with a matter that a former President promised his Presidency and nothing happened. What the Minister said, he was just passing and the pressmen accosted him and he said do you know what, since taking office I have seen this problem. If you don’t know the problem how do you tackle it?” he quizzed on PleasureNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, February 22.
He additionally criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for dashing to guage the NDC’s early steps in tackling unlawful mining including that the present administration continues to be within the strategy of absolutely understanding the scope of the issue.
“You burnt excavators, you shot people but nothing happened. Give us time to engage the stakeholders,” he famous.
On the potential options, Public curiosity advocate, Rodaline Imoru Ayarna expressed assist for daring actions, together with presumably declaring a state of emergency. –joyonline