Veteran investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has commended President John Dramani Mahama for his insight delivery during his engagement with the media on Wednesday.
The award winning journalist wrote on his Facebook wall that: “President Mahama has been brilliant tonight. From his first term and now, President Mahama has always demonstrated a strong grasp on all the sectors. He’s not the kind that can be easily fooled by a minister or an appointee.
On galamsey, however, he has been very disappointing. The decay did not start in the last 8 years of Akufo-Addo, as the president said. I was a journalist when President Mahama was president. In his first term, I did not see the seriousness in fighting the menace. And his body language doesn’t seem to show that it will be any different.
The land that is destroyed because of galamsey can produce food crops, so we should stop creating the impression that the only alternative to illegal mining is “deviant acts,” as the president said.
Why disband the IGP’s task force instead of just asking them to verify permits when they visit a site? Which sites did the task force invade that turned out to be a legitimate mining concession?
Mr. President, so far, you have done well. Ghanaians are beginning to hope again in many sectors, but in the fight against galamsey, I feel more hopeless after listening to you tonight”.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
