General News of Friday, 19 April 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comOsafo Maafo's comment fatal blow to galamsey fight - Ken Ashigbeyplay videoConvener for Media Coalition against illegal mining, Kenneth AshigbeyThe Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining has said government’s discontinuation of prosecution of Aisha Huang is a fatal blow to illegal mining. According to Ken Ashigbey, government must immediately correct the negative impression created by its action on Miss Huang –known popularly as ‘Galamsey Queen’ – and subsequent comments by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. The message that comes from what the Senior Minister has said is a fatal blow to the fight against galamsey. Of Aisha Huang, Ken Ashigbey said she was “not one of those small fishes you find in the galamsey pit eking for a living. So for us to hear this nolle prosequi is for me one of the lowest ebbs in this galamsey fight,” he said in exhalation.

Source: GhanaWeb April 19, 2019 12:45 UTC