A former Chief of Staff under the Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Mpiani, has urged the government to address the issue of illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey head-on without focusing on the political consequences.
Mr Mpiani stressed that the focus should be on finding a solution rather than worrying about potential political consequences, such as losing parliamentary seats.
Speaking in an interview on Joy FM's Midday News on Wednesday, October 2, he said "Find a solution to the problem and forget the partisanship of losing seats.
If you take the whole country where this illegal mining is ongoing, how many seats did the government lose?" His comments came in response to statements made by Dr Ayew Afriyie, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Effiduase Asokore and Chairman of Parliament's Health Committee.