Kumasi Pup Kicked Me Out for Chinese ‘Galamsayers’ -MP Laments

The Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has recounted an awkward embarrassment that he suffered at a pub in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, as a result of the powerful influence of Chinese illegal miners.

Contributing to a panel discussion on the matter of notorious Chinese illegal miner, Aisha Huang, he revealed that on the account of some Chinese illegal miners, he was asked to vacate a seat he had taken at a local pub.

His status as MP mattered none in the face of the cash power and influence of the powerful Chinese ‘galamseyers’.

“Three weeks ago, I was in Kumasi and myself and some few friends decided to go to a pub to have a drink. 10 minutes after we sat looking through the menu, one of the gentlemen approached us and said we have to get up from where we are seated and move to another place.

“I said if it’s about cost, we are prepared to take care of it. He said ‘no, you have to move and sit somewhere else.’ They know [I am an MP]. After a little argument, I decided to just move because it was creating a scene.”

According to him, barely ten minutes after they had agreed to move, a group of Chinese clients were ushered into the same seat by smiley attendants amidst a buttering of courtesies.

“Ten minutes after we moved, some Chinese guys entered and they were treated with all the courtesies. This galamsey thing, it has gone beyond a definition about repatriation and deportation. It is about our dignity now. It is about our sovereignty. It is getting totally out of hand,” he lamented.

“And you listen to radio and the argument is about a woman [Aisha Huang]. A woman who has eluded governments – a whole machinery. Let’s situate the argument well.

“It is not about definition of deportation or repatriation. It is a serious matter. I am a Member of Parliament, I was sacked from a seat just to allow Chinese people to sit,” the legislator said.

According to the MP, galamsey is no longer just a matter of the environment but also about respect and national pride.

The whole conversation centered on Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s lame attempt to explain away president Akufo-Addo’s shocking revelation that he was suspicious that Aisha Huang had not been deported from the country as the security forces have claimed.

According to the Minister, the president meant to say that Huang had not been deported but repatriated; saying the two are different words meaning different things.