President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should have punished the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah for the comments The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 Parliamentary Candidate for Amenfi East Constituency, Ernest Frimpong regarding illegal small scale mining.
It would be recalled that Mr Frimpong was seen and heard in a video that has gone viral on social media telling illegal miners to attack any military or security officer who attempts to stop them from engaging in ‘galamsey.’
He urged them to initiate reprisal attacks on the military, promising them that himself, the MCE and the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, who was present at the meeting, will always protect them.
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The Parliamentary Candidate however said his statements did not mean to endorse illegal mining or encourage miners to fight military personnel.
According to him, his remarks were taken out of context from a two-hour engagement with artisanal small-scale miners and emphasised that his intentions were misrepresented.
He was arrested and subsequently granted bail.
But commenting on this matter on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, June 15, Prof Gyampo said “if I were president il would say even as a minister for looking on you should be made to suffer sanctions but nothing has been by the President.”
The post Galamsey: Akufo-Addo should have sanctioned W/R Minister for Amenfi East NPP PC’s comment – Gyampo first appeared on 3News.
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