Communications Director for the Governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has denied ever backing calls from CSOs to declare a state of emergency in communities where illegal mining was taking place under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration.
According to him, he vehemently protested the calls but rather declared a state of emergency on the removal of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his appointees who were supervising the menace to the detriment of the Ghanaian people.
Sammy Gyamfi was speaking on Accra-based Asempa FM when he made this known in a post.
He acknowledged that although some elements within the political party at the time supported the call, the corporate entity did not support it and therefore never issued any statement to the effect. "Go and check me.
