Kwame Jantuah, a senior member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and Chief Executive Officer of African Energy Consortium Limited, has expressed deep concern about the worsening situation of illegal mining in Ghana.

Conversations about the canker have been reignited following the latest JoyNews documentary titled 'Poisoned Rivers'.

Another JoyNews investigation has also revealed a new encroachment of a protected forest reserve in the Asankragwa and Aowin municipalities of the Western region of Ghana which has destroyed more than ten (10) football fields worth of the biodiversity area.

The lawyer told the host, Winston Tackie on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning show, that there should be stiffer sanctions against illegal miners.

He hammered home the point that it's crucial for Ghana's security services to uncover those involved in these illegal activities and emphasized that there should be no fear among those responsible for exposing these wrongdoings, as they are not in any sort of danger.

“The security service doesn’t know the people who are doing galamsey? Be it politicians, be it NPP, be it NDC, be it CPP, expose them, they cannot kill us,” he insisted.

Mr Jantuah was worried about the detrimental effects of the chemicals on the soil, highlighting the extensive time required to restore the land to its former state stressing the urgency of addressing this issue to prevent further environmental degradation.

He advised that President Akufo-Addo as the leader of the government must resolve the ongoing issue of ‘galamsey’ to avoid tarnishing his legacy once he leaves office.

“The president, as much as he tried to do things, he has not been able to succeed; he should not leave this seat of his for us to say he has failed when ‘galamsey’ is concerned, because this is killing our country,” he said on the show.