Lecturers for Mahama need Akufo-Addo to behave galamsey – Ghana Information Online
The University of Ghana (UG) lecturers campaigning for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have slammed President Akufo-Addo’s administration over the dearth of concrete motion to halt unlawful mining (galamsey) actions within the nation.
The lecturers hit the streets of Atomic on Tuesday, October 8, to woo Ghanaians to vote for NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama to turn into president within the 2024 basic election.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines, Prof. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a number one member of the University of Ghana lecturers campaigning for the NDC stated the lecturers are motivated by the pressing calls to mount stress on President Akufo-Addo’s authorities to curb galamsey.
“It should be on record that our campaign on the streets for the NDC is also driven by our concerns about this government’s inaction as far as galamsey is concerned. What future are we living for our children and their children? This is not how Kwame Nkrumah left this country. He left this country in a better state and we have a responsibility as Ghanaians to leave it much better for the generations yet unborn,” Prof. Michael Kpessa-Whyte stated.
The Professor in his engagement with the media argued that it’s now not sufficient to be confined to lecture halls instructing college students.
He stated you will need to have interaction most people and allow them to perceive that occasions are certainly robust for everybody below the federal government of President Akufo-Addo.
He stated Ghanaians should come collectively and vote the ruling NPP authorities out of energy on December 7.
“We buy from the same shops and we are feeling the pinch as them and that they should join us to get this government out and make sure that we bring a government that at least we have seen from experience that they have been much better in delivering development to Ghanaians, bringing infrastructure and ensuring we have a better economic growth as far as the country is concerned,” Prof. Michael Kpessa-Whyte stated.
On her half, Prof. Nana Ama Brown Klutse, a member of the University of Ghana lecturers campaigning for the NDC famous that what they need is for President Akufo-Addo to dwell as much as his phrase and take concrete motion towards galamsey.
She stated a temporal ban on unlawful mining is important to guard the nation’s forest reserves, lands, and river our bodies.
“Put a temporal ban on galamsey, let’s sit back on the table and look at ways that we can mine to keep our water bodies clean so that we get back our water. We are only asking the president to take action. He is in control of the country as we speak and he can take action especially when he has put his presidency on the line. He has less than two months to go and if he has put his presidency on the line, we want to see the action he will take on this galamsey issue,” Prof. Nana Ama Brown Klutse.
After hitting the streets on Tuesday, the University of Ghana lecturers campaigning for the NDC have served discover that they are going to be embarking on comparable workout routines till December 7 to have interaction the general public and persuade them to vote for John Dramani Mahama to turn into President.
Source: Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo || modernghana
