Senior campaign advisor to Dr.
Mahamudu Bawumia, Kwabena Agyepong, asserts that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is strategically using the issue of illegal mining, popularly known as "galamsey," to deflect criticism away from their lack of campaign message two months to the general elections on December 7.
The former General Secretary of the NPP asserted that as the 2024 general elections get near, the heightened attention being paid to galamsey is a deliberate attempt to undermine the Akufo-Addo government.
Speaking on Channel One TV on Monday, October 7, 2024, Kwabena Agyepong said the goal of the opposition party's intentional exaggeration of the illegal mining issue is to undermine public confidence in the Akufo-Addo administration.