{"id":1225312,"date":"2022-10-15T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/15\/anytime-galamsey-kingpins-are-arrested-i-get-calls-from-leaders-from-both-npp-and-ndc-to-plead\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:55:57","slug":"anytime-galamsey-kingpins-are-arrested-i-get-calls-from-leaders-from-both-npp-and-ndc-to-plead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/15\/anytime-galamsey-kingpins-are-arrested-i-get-calls-from-leaders-from-both-npp-and-ndc-to-plead\/","title":{"rendered":"Anytime Galamsey Kingpins Are Arrested, I Get Calls From Leaders From Both NPP And NDC To Plead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>\u201cAnytime I embarked on operation and arrested a galamsey kingpin, I have had a deluge of calls from political leaders from both NPP and NDC; chiefs, the clergy and notable personalities of society, pleading on their behalf. These calls often become so intense that I often have to switch my phone off&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/b8faf289585243a09b57cd7d4834047b\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The above are the words of Kwasi Bonzoh K, the DCE of Ellembelle on today&#8217;s edition of JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile. With such a scenario, it makes the fight against galamsey very complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also reveals that it is wrong to assume that only political figures are inhibitions to the fight against galamsey. Chiefs, pastors, imams, influential figures in society are also neck-deep in this whole enterprise as they are frustrating efforts being made to fight this canker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We shall not be able to fight and defeat these elements if we have all these people in society putting impediments in the ways of those who are fighting galamsey.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/af8a702ce91f4de187c08374fb4e2786\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We have a long way to go as a country if we have all these people fighting those fighting illegal mining in our forests and water bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some MMDCEs are indeed doing exceptionally well with the fight against galamsey. Of course, there maybe others who are lackadaisical about it and ought to back up in this war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a difficult task but like every human endeavour, this is not insurmountable. With determination, hard work and resilience, we shall overcome this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Currentworldnews (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnytime I embarked on operation and arrested a galamsey kingpin, I have had a deluge of calls from political leaders from both NPP and NDC; chiefs, the clergy and notable personalities of society, pleading on their behalf. These calls often become so intense that I often have to switch my phone off&#8221; The above are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1225313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15097,2766,230,12861,26752,1865,680,7025,10029],"class_list":["post-1225312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-anytime","tag-arrested","tag-calls","tag-galamsey","tag-kingpins","tag-leaders","tag-ndc","tag-npp","tag-plead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}