Presidential hopeful Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has launched a bold defense of young Ghanaians involved in illegal mining, insisting that government must take the blame for the worsening galamsey crisis.
According to him, no youth would risk their life digging for gold in dangerous pits if the country had provided decent and reliable jobs. He stressed that unemployment—not rebellion—is pushing thousands of young people into illegal mining.
Agyapong argued that leaders must focus on fixing the unemployment challenge rather than pointing fingers at desperate youth who are simply trying to survive.
He called on the government to invest in real job creation and stop “criminalizing poverty,” warning that the galamsey problem will not end until the economic frustrations of young people are addressed
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