FixTheCountry to hit Accra streets over ‘urgent’ galamsey crisis

The FixTheCountry movement has announced plans to stage a vigil and public march in Accra this month to intensify pressure on authorities over the menace of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

Convenor Oliver Barker-Vormawor disclosed the decision in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, 15 September 2025, stressing the urgent need for collective responsibility in addressing what he described as an environmental emergency.

According to him, the campaign is rooted in values that transcend politics. 

“The responsibility to protect and preserve the environment is by divine assignment, ours as a people,” he wrote, emphasising that the cause is moral as well as civic.

He cautioned against reducing the issue to party politics. 

“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,” Barker-Vormawor stated.

The movement will hold a vigil on Sunday, 21 September, at Revolution Square, followed the next day Monday, 22 September, a public holiday by a march to highlight what Barker-Vormawor described as an “environmental crisis of urgent proportions.”

He appealed to citizens across the country to join the events and show their commitment to safeguarding Ghana’s natural resources.

FixTheCountry has consistently criticised both current and past administrations for failing to clamp down on galamsey, arguing that political interference has weakened enforcement efforts. Barker-Vormawor’s latest announcement, however, seeks to turn that frustration into public action.

“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,” his post concluded