Prof. Jane Naana Opoku criticizes treatment meted out to ‘Stop Galamsey Now’ protesters
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Prof. Jane Naana Opoku criticizes treatment meted out to ‘Stop Galamsey Now’ protesters

by Agaatorne Douglas Asaah
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The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has criticize the high-handed treatment meted out to the ‘stop Galamsey Now’ protesters.

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According to the running mate of John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 general elections “reports of manhandling, arrests, starvation, denial of access to family and legal counsel by the police as well as the subsequent remand of the protesters, including a pregnant lady, by an Accra Circuit Court are alarming”.

Prof. Naana questioned the commitment level of the Nana Addo-Bawumia led government in the fight against illegal mining that is causing the destruction of water bodies, forest and farmlands.

”Prof. Opoku-Agyemang expects the authorities to re-direct their clampdown on the protesters toward a genuine fight against illegal mining and its harmful effects on waterbodies, the health of the people, destruction of cocoa farms and the implications for food security” portion of her statement read.

 

Read the full statement below;

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