General News of Saturday, 5 May 2018Source: dailyguideafrica.comMahama draws more fire over 'galamsey propaganda'play videoFormer President John Dramani MahamaThe Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has condemned former President John Dramani Mahama for his criticisms of President Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration’s handling of the illegal mining menace in the country. Ex-President Mahama had told supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the use of soldiers to fight illegal mining – popularly called galamsey – would not yield results. In an address at the NDC’s ‘unity walk’ in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, on Saturday, Mr. Mahama described the government’s approach in the anti-galamsey campaign as counterproductive. “It is true that if we don’t do something about it, it will destroy the environment. But we need to apply wisdom because we’ve chased young people involved in illegal small-scale mining with soldiers in the past in this country; but it didn’t work,” Mr Mahama had said.

Source: GhanaWeb May 05, 2018 08:15 UTC