The reality is that the lust for gold – and the massive profits derived from illegal chainsaw lumber – has made a majority of them mad – and they are very very dangerous for that reason.
The only way to proceed, if our nation is to ensure that warlords, who will not hesitate to take on the security services, in order to control territory in which they can illegally mine gold and fell trees with impunity, do not emerge in Ghana, is for a change in attitudes amongst public officials across board and nationwide.
They must understand that in a real sense they are drinking in the Last Chance Saloon.
The time has finally come for officialdom to act ruthlessly to halt illegal gold mining and chainsaw logging in Ghana.
If they fail to do so, those behind the ruinous illegality will finally turn Ghana into a lawless land – to enable them to act with complete impunity. What we are now witnessing is the thin end of the wedge. A word to the wise…
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