Joe Jackson, CEO of Dalex Finance, has called on the John Mahama administration to step up efforts against illegal small-scale mining, widely known as galamsey.
According to him, the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s failure to tackle the menace effectively contributed to its electoral loss.
Jackson, who participated in the #StopGalamseyNow protest in Accra, stressed the devastating environmental and economic impact of illegal mining.
In a post on X on March 7, he cautioned, “Lest the ‘powers that be’ forget: Galamsey was one of the reasons NPP lost this election.”
Meanwhile, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, in a parliamentary briefing on February 20, disclosed that 44 forest reserves in Ghana remain under attack by heavily armed illegal miners.
However, he noted that the government had successfully reclaimed the Shelter Belt, the largest of nine forest reserves controlled by illegal miners for nearly a decade.
The operation, carried out with the support of security agencies, marks a significant milestone in the fight against illegal mining.
Lest the ‘powers that be’ forget:
Galamsey was one of the reasons NPP lost this election.#ResetGalamsey#StopGalamseyNow#GalamseyEvil#GhanaAgainstGalamsey@gyaigyimii @Serwaa_Amihere @barkervogues pic.twitter.com/1c8U7cxGfX— Joe Jackson (@Joe_Jackson_GH) March 7, 2025
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