{"id":1231558,"date":"2022-10-22T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/22\/im-determined-to-win-fight-against-galamsey\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:53:12","slug":"im-determined-to-win-fight-against-galamsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/22\/im-determined-to-win-fight-against-galamsey\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m determined to win fight against galamsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment towards the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>The menace has contributed to massive destruction of lands and water bodies in most mining areas across the country, with constant demand by the public for the government to act on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his tour of the Eastern Region, President Akufo-Addo highlighted some interventions rolled out in combating galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMany measures are being put in place. Community mining exercises are going on, and it is very important that we show determination. We will not relax. I am very determined. I am not going to accept defeat in this fight. I am determined to win the fight against galamsey.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>Only a determined effort in galamsey fight will help NPP break the eight \u2013 Nana Addo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has charged his appointees and New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>embrace government\u2019s tough measures <\/strong><\/span>in winning the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>This, he says, will help Ghanaians repose confidence in the party and vote for them in the next election, thereby making the NPP\u2019s quest to break the eight a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us work together to get rid of this menace. I believe that if the people of Ghana see a determined effort on our part, which yields results, our water bodies are clearing, our lands are being reclaimed, and our forest zones are being preserved, it will help them enable us break the eight\u201d, he stressed<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"E3rOzyTLPiM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I won&#039;t shield any government appointee involved in galamsey - Nana Addo | CNR\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3rOzyTLPiM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment towards the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. The menace has contributed to massive destruction of lands and water bodies in most mining areas across the country, with constant demand by the public for the government to act on the situation. Speaking during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1222181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231558","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=1231558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}