The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had said that the government’s ban on small scale mining was only a “smokescreen” to kick out other miners and allow persons aligned to the NPP space to mine clandestinely whilst the ban was still in force.
Amanyɔkuo a onni aban mu no National Democratic Congress (NDCɔ nso kyerɛ sɛ aban no de ɔhyɛ too adwuma no so sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ne nkurɔfoɔ bɛtumi afa aseɛ akɔyɛ na wapam wɔn a wɔn ka ne ho.