Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, has strongly urged both parliamentary caucuses to unite and take decisive action to eradicate galamsey.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) is not an NDC and NPP affair but a Ghana affair.
He emphasised the importance of sending a clear and unified message to the Ghanaian people about the urgent need to end illegal mining.
Speaking on the floor of parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated, “The issue of galamsey calls for action, collective, not an NDC-NPP affair, but a Ghana affair.
It shouldn’t become like you go to the area that people are mining, and then you say, because you may lose the election, you don’t want to talk about it, or they will even push you to be lawless, all in the interest of votes that would end up in a coffin.”
He added, “Mr Speaker, can we, as political leaders, for once agree to stay the partisan approach on this matter, and deal with it and let our citizens know that this is a matter that affects the country and our own livelihoods”.
Also, Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has condemned the attack on officials of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS).
According to Alban Bagbin, Parliament will not protect any MP found guilty of misconduct.
Speaker Bagbin described the two Members of Parliament’s alleged involvement in the attack on NAIMOS as most worrying.
Speaking on the floor of parliament on Tuesday, Alban Bagbin stated, “The report of attacks on a team from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat, a task force established to combat illegal mining activities in the country, is most worrying”.
“Also worrying is the fact that the attack was allegedly incited by one of our own, the Member of Parliament for Asutifi North, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, who further roped in a senior member of this House, Honourable Collins Dauda.”
He further added, “I want to take this opportunity to condemn in no uncertain terms the attack on the team of security officers who have been assigned to help deal with the menace of galamsey, which must be addressed robustly”.
“I have therefore instructed the Office of the Clerk and the Legal Services Office to provide all necessary support to the Ghana Police Service in its investigations, within the framework of the 1992 Constitution, the laws of this country, and the Standing Orders of the House.”
Meanwhile, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, the Member of Parliament for Asutifi North, has been granted bail of GH¢150,000.
The lawmaker has also been barred by the court from leaving the Greater Accra Region without notifying investigators.
The Asutifi North MP was arraigned on Tuesday, 4th November 2025.
He is to report to investigators once every two weeks until the order is reversed or the trial begins.
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“The issue of galamsey calls for a collective action, not an NDC and NPP affair but a Ghana affair.”
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