Barring any last-minute intervention from the government to address illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, Organised Labour is set to embark on a nationwide strike next month.
Speaking to Channel One News in Accra on Friday, Abdul Gbaana, General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union, one of the unions under Organised Labour, reaffirmed their stance.
He called on the president to declare a state of emergency and implement measures to protect water bodies and forests from further destruction by illegal miners.
Gbaana expressed disappointment that the president missed an opportunity to address world leaders on combating the galamsey crisis during the United Nations General Assembly.
“The situation continues to worsen; people are even emboldened more than ever before and indeed with impunity, we find videos circulating on social media where people feel emboldened to do galamsey even more and they don’t even give a dam and so Organised Labour’s determination to proceed on a demonstration and subsequently a nationwide strike is something that we are determined to do.
“So, between today and Monday unless something changes, unless something happens if not my expectation is that Organised Labour’s planned demonstration will happen and then subsequently a nationwide strike action will take place,” Gbaana noted.
By: Fred Duhoe/Channel One News
