On one of his segments dubbed ‘Bon Fire’; where the host raises concerns over issues worrying the Obuasi municipality and goes on to open the telephone lines for listeners, the vociferous Shaft Fm mIorning show host; George Opoku Mensah a.k.a Agudey Akwesi called the NPP betrayal, for letting down Small Scale Miners and residents of the municipality.
“Prior to the 2016 elections, we saw huge billboards with the inscriptions ‘VOTE NPP…SAVE AGA..SAVE SMALL SCALE MINING’ but what has become of that campaign promise today; the economy of the municipality is dead because AGA and Small Scale Miners are all not vibrant as it used to be”, he lamented.
Agudey Akwesi ,who’s known for his critical questioning style which keeps political bigwigs away from his studio, also complained on his show yesterday of how the Deputy Finance Minister and Obuasi West MP, Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng Agyemang is not helping matters by not opening up to his constituents on the manifesto promises made on both Anglo Gold Ashanti and Small Scale Mining.
“Hon Kwaku Kwarteng Agyemang, who was seen spearheading the comeback of AngloGold Ashanti or an investor and the regularization of Small Scale Mining, is not also responding to my calls which is very painful”
“As we speak, we don’t even know whether the mine will bounce back and what the fate of Small Scale Miners too will be”, he bemoaned.
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