Andrew Egyapa Mercer, the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, has rebuffed suggestions that the government's onslaught against illegal mining impacted their performance in the 2020 elections.
Speaking on Metro TV, the Member of Parliament for the Sekondi Constituency refused to accept these assertions, explaining that the data does not support this conclusion.
Egyapa Mercer observed that in the constituencies where the NPP's parliamentary candidates lost to the NDC, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came out on top in the presidential race.
He said on Good Morning Ghana that the result of the 2020 elections cannot be used as the basis for the government's failure to effectively deal with the galamsey menace. "I'm told that the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources made some comments to the effect that the NPP lost seats because of the galamsey fight.