Hot SourceFixTheCountry movement has announced a two-day protest in Accra to demand stronger action against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, which continues to damage Ghana’s environment and water bodies.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, 15 September 2025, Convenor Oliver Barker-Vormawor said the campaign will begin with a vigil on Sunday, 21 September, at Revolution Square, followed by a public march on Monday, 22 September, a statutory holiday.
“The responsibility to protect and preserve the environment is by divine assignment, ours as a people,” Barker-Vormawor wrote, describing the fight against galamsey as a moral and spiritual obligation.
“Our responsibility to end galamsey does not end at elections. Nor does it begin after our party loses one. This is bigger than petty politics,” he said.
Barker-Vormawor said the march on the second day is intended to “call attention to the urgency of our environmental crisis,” urging citizens from all walks of life to join.
FixTheCountry has been a consistent critic of successive governments’ response to illegal mining, arguing that political interference undermines enforcement of mining laws. The planned action falls on the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day weekend, a period often used for civic engagement and public reflection.
“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 added.
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