The Government says its resolve to clamp down on illegal small-scale mining and pursue financial clean-up exercise invariably affected the New Patriotic Party s (NPP) vote margin in the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
Responding to a question whether the government was surprised about the slim margin between President Akufo-Addo and Former President Mahama at a media conference in Accra, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the government s decision to halt and properly regulate illegal small-scale mining and the clean-up of the banking sector indeed, affected the NPP in this year s polls.
He noted that even before going for the elections on December 7, coalitions and individuals adversely affected by the Galamsey ban and the financial clean-up, threatened to vote against the NPP.
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