By Ghana News
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Former Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, has urged President Mahama and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to focus on arresting financiers of illegal mining, rather than declaring a state of emergency as a means to end the menace.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Dr. Adomako Kissi argued that targeting the financiers behind galamsey would be more effective than invoking emergency powers.
“I also think that it is not necessarily the state of emergency, let’s go after those financing galamsey that don’t need a state of emergency. I am wondering how sophisticated they are. I sit in my small corner, knowing that if I trace the kingpin in a local environment, I can match him straight to the house he comes to in Accra,” he said.
He maintained that arresting key figures in the affected communities could easily lead security agencies to the “almost ten real galamsey financiers in the country.”
“You don’t need a lot of CID training; if they truly want to do it, they can. There are about ten kingpins in this country. I am surprised if the NIB supposedly doesn’t know them,” he added.
Dr. Adomako Kissi further noted that if the government could investigate NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for alleged involvement in galamsey, then it was clear that the state knew the individuals behind the trade.
“Let me state that, for instance, admittedly our own chairman, Chairman Wontumi is known for one or two reasons and has been investigated. Are we telling Ghanaians that he is the only person?” he questioned.
