Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampam, Samuel Nartey George is calling for the execution of persons engaged in illegal mining activities with the use of the firing squad.
There continue to be growing opinions in fighting the menace of illegal mining with several Ghanaians proposing different ways to tackle the situation which has greatly affected the integrity of several water bodies across the country and the latest to add his bit is the NDC MP.
“My children and your children will not have potable water to drink. Today, you are even getting trouble getting water in your pipes because of galamsey. So I don’t care [about] the person’s political party. If the person is NDC, if the person is a national executive of the NDC, arrest him and jail him. I believe that for the first time we should actually have the firing squad brought back. It is still on our statutory books because listen, you haven’t flown over our water bodies to see the devastation to our land, to see the devastation to our water bodies. If you have you will understand the pain with which I speak,” he stated during a panel discussion on Joynews on Thursday.
The MP who was speaking with passion reiterated that research indicates Ghana may have to start importing water by 2030, in less than 10 years, owing to the devastation caused to water bodies in the country and thus urged the president to as a matter of urgency take steps to rescue the situation.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo barely a week ago commissioned a 200-man military operation to curb the activities of illegal miners across the country.
The mission, being the second of its kind commissioned by the Akufo-Addo government is, this time around, aimed at dealing with illegal mining conclusively.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Sam sometimes we need to really think creatively and empathetically in solving issues. Just to draw your attention, the majority of people engaging in galamsey (80/20 Pareto Rule) are not making fortunes as its being suggested to imply greed is their motivation. They are young men and women (youth) who simply don't have any means of livelihood should they stop this activity. To solve a problem one needs to generate a replaceable solution. They should stop galamsey and do what to feed themselves? If your government had set up factories in these concentrated galamsey areas and you tell someone, please stop surface mining and come and work in this factory. We will bus you to and from work, give you free lunch and medical don't you think a majority of the youth would opt for that. The galamsey business is very dangerous. They die in pits every single day. I have personally interacted with someone who engaged in it for some 3yrs and actually stopped to come down to Accra and drive a taxi (not his own). Thus please, Sam don't think the majority of these youth are doing galamsey as a choice. They are doing it as a necessity. So death penallty, firing squad, imprisonment, burning excavators can never be the solution. It simply would be like the drug business in South America. When an enterprise is not a choice but a necessity, you can kill a whole generation engaged in it, the next generation will find creative ways to "run circles" around the law to engage in it because it's simply a necessity for them, and not a choice. Congrats on being made Elder, very surprised but congrats all the same.
For once and the last time, i agree with Sam Okra George.
Elder Sam George?