Stop hogging around with Prof. Frimpong Boateng galamsey report, its sickening – Ahiagba jabs NDC

The National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagba has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of using Prof. Frimpong's leaked report for political capital.

In a social media post, Ahiagba criticized the NDC for holding a press conference on the matter and displaying photos of NPP members and government officials indicted in the galamsey report.

"The NDC sees it first as politics, an avenue to canvass votes either by way of promising Galamseyers more Galamsey when they ever win power or to do what they did yesterday in the press conference to besmirch the character of the people cited in the document on the weight of simple claims," Ahiagba said.

He further called on Ghanaians to speak objectively against galamsey and support the government's efforts to combat the issue.

Ahiagba also emphasized the NPP's commitment to the fight galamsey and the need for all political parties to cooperate with the government.

"The NPP, unlike the NDC, is committed to the fight against Galamsey, and thus far has made considerable gains. The fight against Galamsey proceeds without fear or favor. Let's all get involved less the partisanship that often weakens the cooperation we need to triumph," he added.

His post read below:
“The pointlessness of the NDC's press conference yesterday is legendary.

The Al Jazeera documentary has been effectively discredited so, I wonder why they were talking spiritedly about it.

On Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng's document, as a party, we support the President's prompt referral of the document to the CID, for an independent investigation. That is the democratic way, and the NDC is fully aware.

The fight against galamsey is existential, but sadly the NDC has never seen it as such. The NDC sees it first as politics, an avenue to canvass votes either by way of promising galamseyers more galamsey when they ever win power or to do what they did yesterday in the press conference to besmirch the character of the people cited in the document on the weight of simple claims.

The individuals especially, the Information Minister, has responded to state his innocence, but the NDC simply refused to acknowledge it or be restrained it. Instead, the NDC went full hog to display their pictures as though they have been found culpable of anything.

What would it have cost the NDC to have waited for the CID to complete its investigation and render its report for public scrutiny? Perhaps, the NDC is not aware that President Akufo-Addo has referred Prof. Boateng's report to the CID.

The NPP, unlike the NDC, is committed to the fight against galamsey, and thus far has made considerable gains. But certainly, there is a lot more that needs to be done and all of us must pinch in. It is my humble appeal to all Ghanaians to get involved by reporting galamsey activities, learn about its dire implications for our very existence, and on that basis speak objectively against galamsey.

The NDC must learn to keep certain things above partisan politics and galamsey is one of such things. We know the NDC's record on galamsey is criminal, to put it mildly. The fight against galamsey proceeds without fear or favor. Let's all get involve less the partisanship that often weakens the cooperation we need to triumph.

Please watch the attached NDC galamsey video, and I am sure you conclude with me that the NDC needs to get serious with the fight against galamsey. Their double standard on a matter as serious as galamsey is sickening.”