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The planned nationwide protest by Organized Labour against the government’s inaction in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, will be decided upon during a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.
When it came to the president’s decision to not issue an emergency proclamation against the ongoing devastation of rivers and forest reserves by illegal miners, a number of associations and unions had indicated that they would protest at the end of September.
General Secretary Abdul Moomin Gbana of the Ghana Mine Workers Union, an organization under the Trades Union Congress, discussed the developments with Citi News on Sunday, September 29. He stated that the meeting on Tuesday will decide how to proceed with their planned protest.
“The leadership of Organized Labour, after the notice that we sent and the demands that we put forward, we have agreed that we will meet hopefully on Tuesday, the 1st of October, to review all that has happened over the period and then consolidate our position on the way forward.
“I don’t think that organised labour in any way will deviate from our original plan. Our original plan holds. Hopefully, on Tuesday, I want to believe that it will be an endorsement of the plan that we put forward and, indeed, the demands that we have made on the president.”
In addition, Mr. Moomin Gbana criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for not making a public statement during his speech on Saturday, September 28 at the GJA awards ceremony.
It is obvious that the President is either giving up on the struggle or is just trying to persuade the people of Ghana that we are not going to call him on his illegal mining issue. And since it is one of the three, Organized Labor is not giving up on this battle.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
