Lawyer and former NDC Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Mr. Inusah Fuseini has commended Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Prof. Nana Ama Browne- Klutse for the swift action her outfit has taken to deal with the Galamsey menace.
In a directive released last week, the EPA, citing Section 2 and 3b (ii) of the Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124), directed all individuals and entities engaged in illegal mining—both small-scale and large-scale to immediately cease operations.
Speaking on Newsfile on JoyNews earlier today, he said that the EPA’s directive for the cessation of all mining activities in forest reserves was in the right direction.
“…I commend Prof. Browne Klutse when she went round ordering people to leave the forest reserves. And the president has already started implementing that. When we told Nana Akufo Addo that it was not in our interest to give forest reserves for mining; definitely not. When we said he should reverse it, he refused…How he came to that conclusion that we should mine in forest reserves, I simply don’t get it” he noted
Meanwhile, the former law maker expressed disappointment in the steps taken by the Ashanti Regional Minister Dr. Frank Amoakohene on the same matter.
Addressing a press conference earlier this week, the minister gave a two weeks ultimatum to for all operators to vacate their sites.
According to Mr. Fuseini, Galamsey is an illegality that should not be condoned. He also averred that this approach was a sign of weakness people could exploit.
Using a proverbial scenario of catching someone who is in the habit of defecating at one’s backyard, he called on the minister to take swift action.
“I’m actually disappointed in the Ashanti Regional Minister. You don’t give criminals two weeks or time to fold up. If someone defecates in your backyard and you get that fellow, you don’t give that fellow time to go. Order that person to take his this thing away. You don’t do that. I mean when you do that it shows weakness in you. The people will exploit that weakness”
He also expressed his frustration having to talk about the same matter, and even being threatened over same, over and over again.
Watch the full interview below:
