Ghana: Debate On Illegal Mining Activities – …Majority Leader Appeals to Citizenry

The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for the depoliticisation of the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.

“I am saddened by what is happening. It is very sad. As a country, we have to know when to do partisan politics and when to act in the national interest,” he said on the floor of Parliament in Accra on Tuesday.

Mr Afenyo-Markin was responding to concerns of his colleagues on recent reports of illegal mining when he presented the business statement to…