Three (3) Ghanaian citizens have petitioned the United Nation’s Secretary-General António Guterres for the removal of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from the Eminent Group of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates as a Co-Chair.
The petition contains accounts of events of what the petitioners say points to the President’s complicity in the fight against illegal mining known popularly as Galamsey.
The United Nations, under Goal 6 of the SDGs has set out to provide a world in which there is safe access to water at the most affordable cost to every citizen across the globe. Under its Goal 13, the UN commits also to a safer climate.
The petitioners Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese, have noted that the actions of officials have resulted in polluting water bodies in some parts of the country.
Reports have indicated how a section of the Ghanaian population risk not having access to safe water in a few years to come if the activities of illegal miners are not checked.
There have been reports that party officials, members, and government officials, are deeply involved in Galamsey activities that have proven dangerous to the future of the people of Ghana.