God should strike down greedy politicians, individuals involved in galamsey – Rev Steve Mensah
The General Overseer of the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry, Reverend Steve Mensah, has invoked the wrath of God upon those responsible for the pollution and destruction of water bodies and forest reserves through illegal mining activities, commonly referred to as galamsey.
While delivering a sermon to his congregants during Easter Sunday church service in a video shared by nkonkonsa on Instagram, the man of God addressed the devastating impact of galamsey activities on numerous water bodies that once served as vital sources of clean water for various communities.
He called on God to ‘wipe out’ those who, out of greed, permit these illegal mining operations to persist.
He strongly condemned the actions, criticising individuals who politicise such a serious issue and emphasising the gravity of the situation.
Rev Steve Mensah also stated that the actions of illegal miners are equivalent to committing genocide against the country.
“Those who for the greed of money for themselves and their families are destroying our water bodies, may God kill all of them. The people are committing genocide, poisoning our waters and we are looking on and playing politics around it, it’s evil and barbaric,” he said.
Rev Mensah went on to allege the involvement of certain politicians and chiefs in illegal mining activities, which he said are causing irreparable damage to the nation and its people.
According to him, foreigners are able to easily navigate the country and quickly engage in these unlawful practices due to the weakened and porous state of national systems and laws, enabling them to mine in water bodies without fear of consequences.
“… Some of the politicians, opinion leaders, and the chiefs are involved in the pollution of our waters and God don’t punish them for destroying our water bodies. … foreigners have entered and they are mining on our waters and we are looking on. What kind of people are we? Can you go to China and go do galamsey in China?
“Which country can you go to engage in galamsey? It shows the weakness of our system. The foreigners will come into our country, go into our forest reserve, and then mine in the water and pollute the water and we are looking on playing politics with it. Any politician, any chief, anybody in our water bodies and polluting because of the money for their pocket, poisoning our systems, may God kill them first,” he prayed.
Rev Mensah called on the government not to relent in its fight against illegal mining, urging authorities to take decisive action and enforce stringent measures against both foreigners and Ghanaian nationals involved in galamsey.
“This new government, they should rise up and do the work. They should deport all foreigners, Chinese, whatever. All those who have polluted should be arrested and deported,” he added.
Watch his video below:
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
