Political Science lecturer and anti-galamsey advocate, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency over the growing threat of illegal mining in Ghana, popularly known as galamsey.

Speaking on The Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, June 21, Prof.

Gyampo, who is also a member of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, warned that the fight against the menace is being undermined by political interference and internal party sabotage. "The more they are fighting, the more the thing is festering.

There are some party people involved in the menace, and they are fighting the Minister and the IGP," he revealed.