{"id":226146,"date":"2024-10-05T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T11:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/05\/galamsey-disregard-akufo-addo-and-proceed-with-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T11:10:06","slug":"galamsey-disregard-akufo-addo-and-proceed-with-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/05\/galamsey-disregard-akufo-addo-and-proceed-with-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey: Disregard Akufo-Addo and proceed with strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has urged Organised Labour to proceed with their planned nationwide strike against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, despite President Akufo-Addo\u2019s recent appeals.<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly worded comment on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Friday, Cudjoe criticised the President\u2019s handling of the galamsey crisis, accusing him of inaction and insincerity.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that even during a recent GJA programme, where multiple calls were made for the President to address the issue, Akufo-Addo remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this president was serious and was really minded to deal with this matter, he would have done so long ago. Even as recent as two weeks ago when he sat through the GJA programme and the GJA president, as well as many others, called him out to end galamsey, this man looked in the eyes of everybody else and said nothing, absolutely nothing about galamsey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just read his speech and left the place. Then a few days later because organised labour is bent on going on this demonstration, all of a sudden he\u2019s woken up. No! It just cannot be. I don\u2019t think the president is serious any longer by the way. I am just waiting for him to leave office,\u201d Cudjoe stated.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his disappointment and frustration, Cudjoe accused the President of disrespecting public opinion and allowing the galamsey issue to worsen.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Organised Labour to disregard the President\u2019s recent statements and continue with their planned strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel so disappointed and disgusted that this president will be disrespectful of people\u2019s views and opinions as if we don\u2019t even exist. I strongly believe the president has sat back and allowed this whole canker to fester and then because Organised Labour says we are going on strike all of a sudden he\u2019s woken up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing he writes, nothing he says is worth its salt. I think they should disregard him and go ahead,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Citi Newsroom<\/span>\u00a0channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has urged Organised Labour to proceed with their planned nationwide strike against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, despite President Akufo-Addo\u2019s recent appeals. In a strongly worded comment on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Friday, Cudjoe criticised the President\u2019s handling of the galamsey crisis, accusing him of inaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Galamsey: Disregard Akufo-Addo and proceed with strike - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/05\/galamsey-disregard-akufo-addo-and-proceed-with-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Galamsey: Disregard Akufo-Addo and proceed with strike - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has urged Organised Labour to proceed with their planned nationwide strike against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, despite President Akufo-Addo\u2019s recent appeals. 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