Ing. Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, has urged journalists to hold duty bearers accountable in the fight against illegal mining.
He advised journalists to transition from spectators to active citizens, demanding accountability and transparency.
Dr. Ashigbey’s comments come after Organised Labour suspended its industrial action, citing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s commitments to protecting water bodies and forests.
In an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV‘s The Point of View, Dr. Ashigbey emphasized the media’s crucial role in filling this gap.
He urged journalists to demand detailed timelines for the government’s anti-galamsey initiatives and track progress.
“Our focus should be on all duty bearers to make sure that we’re getting this thing done…Now that we have been told of a few things that are going to happen, the struggles even begin to get those things done. Aluta continua, Aluta begins at this moment, so we need to tell the media that they shouldn’t lose their focus. Our fight was not on labour, our fight was on galamsey, our fight was to get galamsey resolved.
“Now that we have been given some things, we need to be asking for some details, the devil is in the detail. And the only way we could do it is to act as citizens and not spectators.
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