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Former President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council Rev. Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso has voiced grave concerns about the country’s growing illicit mining (galamsey) operations, which are negatively affecting water sources.
If this problem is not resolved right away, he said, the country faces an existential threat.
“We are sitting on a time bomb. It is a disaster. We are committing a national genocide, not only against ourselves but against generations yet unborn,” In an interview with JoyNews’ Upfront on Thursday, September 5, Rev. Prof. Frimpong-Manso said as much.
He criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for not addressing galamsey activities in their manifestos and questioned their respective policies.
“If Otumfuo could recently sack three chiefs, if two journalists can go and arrest some people and bring them to justice, if a king in the Eastern Region can just order bulldozers to be burned, what about those who control the police, the Mining Commission, the Minister, the District Chief Executives (DCEs), and the rest?” he asked.
Rev. Prof. Frimpong-Manso emphasized that there has been a total institutional failure and that words alone cannot make up for it; action is required.
“As for the Church leaders, please, we are the conscience of the nation. We must either keep quiet and sink together with the populace… So, to my fellow church leaders, we must preach the truth. People may hate us, fight us, or not understand us, but that is what Desmond Tutu and others did to liberate South Africa from apartheid,” he said.
He went on to say that the risks associated with unlawful mining had increased and urged religious leaders to take action beyond simply sharing the gospel and acting like everything is alright.
“Our nation is being destroyed. We are heading toward national doom, and it’s better late than never. I hope that by this coming Sunday, church leaders will wear red bands, go out, and demonstrate—even if it is to the Jubilee House or elsewhere,” he stated.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
