A brother of the late President, Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills, Cadman Atta-Mills, has once again fired shots at the John Mahama-led NDC government.
Cadman Atta-Mills boldly stated he refuses to be silenced on galamsey menance.
According to him, one is not disloyal because one criticises one’s political party’s policies.
In a post on X on September 22, he wrote, “You are not ‘disloyal’ because you criticise your political party’s policies and sometimes with passion. A political party is not (and should not be) a monolith.
“In speaking against your party’s policies, you encourage debate and increase the chances of better policies being adopted,” he wrote.
Cadman Mills added, “I refuse to be silenced on galamsey (on other policies), because of: (1) the patently false claim that I was silent on the misdeeds of the previous government in mining (I wrote volumes), or
(2) that as a “party elder”, I should not publicly express my disagreements with my party’s policies.
I am a party member and elderly (very elderly), but I am not “a party elder”. Those (muzzled) creatures belong to the party’s “council of elders”.
Also, Cadman Atta-Mills had earlier said illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is killing Ghanaians.
Cadman Atta Mills criticised the John Mahama-led NDC government over their poor handling of illegal mining.
According to Cadman Atta-Mills, he refuses to pay for the accolades the government is receiving for the cedi recovery at the expense of his health or life.
In a post on X, accompanied by a video of the galamsey menace, Cadman Mills wrote, “I refuse to pay for the accolades President Mahama and the NDC are receiving for the cedi’s recovery with my health or life.
Call it galamsey or ‘legal’ small-scale mining (when bankrolled by the politically connected). It is killing us. #StopGalamseyNow”, he added.
Meanwhile, the Fix The Country Movement has demanded that the John Mahama-led government declare a State of Emergency on galamsey and repeal Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462.
According to the movement, the Galamsey menace needs to be tackled head-on.
Speaking on Channel One, Edward Tuttor, a member of the movement, stated, “Galamsey needs to be tackled head-on. We don’t need to massage the issues. We don’t need to pretend as if we don’t know what is going on”.
“I was happy when the president… admitted publicly that galamsey is now a national emergency. If it is a national emergency, we are saying that the president should declare a state of emergency,” he insisted.
Edward Tuttor added, “The problem of galamsey is a clear-cut problem and the solution is clear-cut: repeal LI 2462 and declare a state of emergency”.
Also, the Fix The Country Movement threatened to declare a state of emergency if the government failed to act.
A convener expressed disappointment in the government’s response to the crisis, tagging it as weak.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, a convener of the Movement, George Aggrey stated, ““If the government says it is not time to declare a state of emergency on the galamsey, to be honest, I think it is not a good statement to make”.
“I don’t know to what extent the government wants it to get to before they see it as a state of emergency. So for me and the teeming youth that joined the protest today, what we are saying is: if the government fails to declare a state of emergency on this issue, then the youth of the land—we will declare a state of emergency”, he added.
The Fix The Country Movement protest coincided with Ghana’s Founder’s Day, with protesters holding placards and banners calling on President Mahama to defend the country’s land, water bodies, and future.
See the post below:
YOU ARE NOT "DISLOYAL" BECAUSE YOU CRITICIZE YOUR POLITICAL PARTY'S POLICIES AND SOMETIMES WITH PASSION. A POLITICAL PARTY IS NOT (AND SHOULD NOT BE) A MONOLITH. IN SPEAKING AGAINST YOUR PARTY'S POLICIES, YOU ENCOURAGE DEBATE AND INCREASE THE CHANCES OF BETTER POLICIES BEING…
— Cadman Atta Mills (@CadmanAttaMills) September 22, 2025