To sacrifice the future for a fleeting illusion of stability is not statesmanship; it is a stay of execution signed in the blood of our environment. Yet, to dismiss a hard-won economic recovery as a mere byproduct of environmental crime is more than just political cynicism; it is an intellectual fraud of the highest order. ​The narrative currently taking root, that the Cedi’s recent resilience is the fruit of a poisoned chalice, is as dishonest as it is reductive. We are told that illegal mining was encouraged as a sacrifice at the altar of the exchange rate. However, if destruction were the primary engine of currency strength, the previous administration’s "Gold for Oil" scheme would not have ended in such a whimpering, inflationary failure.