Apologize to Ghanaians that you failed in galamsey fight – Amaliba tells Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has failed in the fight against illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) therefore, he must apologise to the people of Ghana, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba has said.

Mr Amaliba asked the president to admit that he has been overwhelmed by the situation.

Speaking on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday October 8, Mr Amaliba described the meeting held by President Akufo-Addo with the National House of Chiefs and some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Kumasi on Wednesday October 5 as useless because several of such meetings were organized in the past but the problem has not be solved.

“The president is a pretender, he created the impression as if this is the first time he is hearing about these galamsey matters,” he said.

“The meeting at Manhyia was a useless closed door meeting with the chiefs,” he said, and added that “The president has failed in one of his duties, he should apologize to the people that he intended well but he has been overwhelmed.”

During the meeting with the Chiefs, President Akufo-Addo admitted that the fight against Galamsey has not been an easy one.

He said he has not achieved the results he was looking for in the fight but the government is determined to win the battle against the menace.

“Since I took office I have made it a central feature of my presidency to lead in the efforts to rid our country of this menace which we all now call galamsey. It has not been popular and we have not got the result that I was looking for,” Mr Akufo-Addo said during a meeting with the National House of Chiefs and the Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Kumasi on Wednesday October 5.

Source: 3news.com