{"id":229267,"date":"2024-10-10T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/10\/galamsey-fight-act-as-citizens-not-spectators\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T06:13:06","slug":"galamsey-fight-act-as-citizens-not-spectators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/10\/galamsey-fight-act-as-citizens-not-spectators\/","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey fight: Act as citizens not spectators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He advised journalists to transition from spectators to active citizens, demanding accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ashigbey\u2019s comments come after Organised Labour suspended its industrial action, citing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s commitments to protecting water bodies and forests.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Bernard Avle on <em><strong>Channel One TV<\/strong><\/em>\u2018s <em><strong>The Point of View<\/strong><\/em>, Dr. Ashigbey emphasized the media\u2019s crucial role in filling this gap.<\/p>\n<p>He urged journalists to demand detailed timelines for the government\u2019s anti-<em>galamsey<\/em> initiatives and track progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus should be on all duty bearers to make sure that we\u2019re getting this thing done\u2026Now 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\u2019t lose their focus. Our fight was not on labour, our fight was on<em> galamsey<\/em>, our fight was to get <em>galamsey<\/em> resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that we have been given some things, we need to be asking for some details, the devil is in the detail. 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