Dean of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School, Professor Kofi Abotsi has said that the illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) menace tests the law enforcement powers of the state.
This is particularly so given that the illegal miners are finac8ers of political parties.
In a post on his X platform, he said "The menace of galamsey tests the law enforcement powers of state against the corroding influence of politics.
With the ' criminals' apparently being financiers of parties, an unwinnable case of conflict may seem to have been created and the very legitimacy and future of Ghana's constitutional democracy may be in limbo." Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pleaded with labour unions for more time to address galamsey.