Edudzi Tameklo, the Appearing Chief Government Officer of the Nationwide Petroleum Authority (NPA), has cautioned members of the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) to chorus from taking part in unlawful mining, generally known as galamsey, or danger extreme authorized penalties.
The lawyer and politician emphasised that President John Mahama will take stringent motion in opposition to any NDC member or supporter concerned in illegal actions that hurt water our bodies and farmlands within the quest for private revenue.
Just lately, the federal government has stepped up its crackdown on galamsey by way of a number of methods, together with navy deployments to mining websites, resulting in quite a few arrests.
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Reviews counsel that some NDC members, emboldened by the get together’s return to energy on January 7, 2025, are deeply engaged in unlawful mining operations.
Throughout a panel dialogue on TV3 on Saturday, April 19, 2025, Tameklo—who additionally serves because the NDC’s Director of Authorized Affairs—issued a stern warning to get together members concerned in galamsey, stressing that they need to not anticipate intervention from get together officers if apprehended.
In case you are an NDC individual and also you resolve to go and do galamsey, you might be by yourself. President Mahama will take care of you brutally. When you make up your thoughts that you will do that, bear in mind that you’re an enemy of President Mahama. You’re additionally an enemy of his authorities and of the NDC. At that time, you might be an environmental terrorist.
So, in case you resolve to do any of this stuff, do not for a minute assume that one thing will occur and there shall be a name for ‘order from above’. In case you are anticipating somebody to reply to that order, you will not discover Dr Omane getting concerned.
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So, please, within the title of God, there are lots of professional companies you are able to do as an NDC member on this authorities. Do not be the one to trigger issues for Mahama’s authorities.
