The pressure group FixTheCountry has declared plans to stage a vigil on Sunday, 21 September, at Revolution Square in Accra, followed by a public march on Monday, 22 September, to demand stronger action against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey.
The group’s convenor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, stated the programme in a post on X (formerly Twitter), describing the fight against galamsey as both a moral and spiritual duty.
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“The responsibility to protect and preserve the environment is, by divine assignment, ours as a people,” he wrote.
Barker-Vormawor stressed that the call to end galamsey “does not end at elections” and “does not begin after our party loses one,” insisting the issue is “bigger than petty politics.”
According to the statement, the second day of action will feature a march on the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day holiday, aimed at drawing national attention to what he called “the urgency of our environmental crisis.”
FixTheCountry has consistently criticised successive governments for what it sees as weak enforcement and political interference in the fight against illegal mining. The group is calling on citizens from across the country to join the vigil and march to show their commitment to protecting Ghana’s natural resources.
“On Sunday, 21st September, we will have a vigil at the Revolution Square, and on Monday, 22nd (a holiday), there will be a march, calling attention to the urgency of our environmental crisis,” Barker-Vormawor’s post concluded.