“I am surprised the NPP suddenly appears concerned about the galamsey menace, but they were terribly worse than the devil himself. They passed the mining law LI 2462, oversaw the building of chanfangs, and issued more mining licenses than all previous administrations combined since independence,” he wrote.

He went further to say that both major political parties had failed the nation.

“These two destructive parties have destroyed Ghana in a literal sense because they are clueless about what they are doing. I blame Ghanaians squarely for knowing what they know about these two parties and still queuing to vote for them, while drinking poisoned water,” he added.

Prof. Avabare also criticised President John Dramani Mahama, accusing him of making excuses for his inability to address galamsey during his earlier term.

“President JDM looked into the eyes of Ghanaians and told them they had short memories, and yet when he returned promising to solve galamsey, they voted for him again. Instead, he gave weak excuses for why he could not stop the destruction of water bodies, forest reserves, and farmlands,” he wrote.

He lamented what he described as the complacency of the Ghanaian public in holding leaders accountable, contrasting it with how citizens in other African countries might have responded.

“The citizens of a serious country like Kenya would have engaged in civil disobedience right away! The inertness of the Ghanaian makes them complicit in this destruction because they also benefit from it,” he said.

Prof. Avabare concluded by invoking the memory of the late Major Maxwell Mahama and other victims of violence linked to illegal mining, warning that Ghanaians cannot absolve themselves from the consequences of galamsey.