This anti-galamsey Push is not genuine but a desperate ploy against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Impending Victory
With due respect to genuine environmentalists and patriots, what is going on at the moment is primarily a political galamsey battle to try to improve the dwindling prospects of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win impending elections.
The war against galamsey cannot be fought and won in three months.
This war requires strategic, concerted and committed efforts spanning many years, to achieve requisite success.
It is only a political NDC anti-galamsey battle that could be fought and concluded within 3 months.
So, the choice is clear. Those who wish to try to tilt the upcoming elections to the NDC, to form the next government, are those who should join their battle.
Everyone else should resist this political interference in the upcoming elections, and approach the problem appropriately.
The last NPP battle against galamsey cost the Party dearly, while benefiting the NDC, which stood with the galamseyers.
The unions, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders did not care a hoot about the situation. They did not even call out the NDC.
Objective environmentalists agree that there needs to be an MoU signed by all relevant Stakeholders, including the two major parties and our chiefs before we resume the war against galamsey.
Indeed, genuine environmentalists know that we need a Bipartisan Consensus Agreement, in order to make real headway in the war against galamsey.
We must consider this issue as a national crisis that requires mainly a natural resources management policy and strategy devoid of partisan politics.
No party will fight this war, while the other Party promotes the activity, win votes from this stance, while stakeholders look on.
As for the hypocritical TUC, hopefully, the courts will promptly slap them down with an injunction for their threat to strike.
They are clearly overstepping into a general political area, over which they have no locus.