Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam Nartey George, has described as "unfair" the expectation that President John Mahama should have resolved the country's illegal mining challenge-commonly known as galamsey-within just 96 days of returning to office.

In an interview on Channel One TV on Monday, April 14, Mr.

George said that although efforts are underway to curb the menace, it is unrealistic to expect a complete solution to a problem that has persisted for nearly a decade.

He argued that it was unreasonable to expect President Mahama to fix such a complex issue in a matter of weeks-especially when the previous administration, led by Nana Akufo-Addo, had eight years but failed to resolve it.