Janet Nablah, the National Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP)
Janet Nablah, the National Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP), has dared President John Dramani Mahama to put her in charge of the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
She claims that within a month, she will eradicate the menace that has plagued the country and destroyed its water bodies and forest reserves.
The female politician declared that illegal miners are murderers and deserve to be eliminated for their criminal activities, which are causing havoc to Ghanaians.
She has therefore supported the shoot-to-kill policy, stating categorically that the only solution to ending the galamsey menace is to start killing the illegal miners, as this will serve as a deterrent.
Speaking on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM’s Frontline, she declared, “I dare President John Dramani Mahama to put me in charge of the fight against galamsey.
“Illegal miners are fearless and engaging in galamsey in unprecedented ways. If President Mahama is truly committed to combating galamsey, he should put me in charge. If, after one month, there is even one person still involved in galamsey, he should give my name to a dog.
“If he is committed to the fight, I am availing myself. Don’t pay me. Just put me in charge of galamsey and let all the security agencies be under my domain. The only solution to end galamsey is to shoot to kill.
“The illegal miners are murderers, and they are trying to murder Ghanaians. Illegal mining is a war between us and the galamseyers. We have to use the military to deal with them. If we kill ten galamseyers in a day, the rest will abandon the sites.”
She told host Kwabena Agyapong that “God himself will rejoice at the death of an illegal miner. An illegal miner will plant a tree and destroy a forest reserve preserved for the next generation.
“How can you fight them without doing what is necessary? The military can do their work. We can use drones to monitor their activities. If we kill about ten of them, the rest will stop. My policy is to shoot and kill all of them.”
Janet Nablah added that when these illegal miners are killed, their bodies should be seized, and the state should organize a mass burial ceremony to bury their mortal remains.