Convenor of the FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has announced plans for a vigil on Sunday, September 21, at Revolution Square in Accra, aimed at protesting the ongoing environmental devastation caused by illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
The announcement, made in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, September 15, 2025, underscored the urgent need for united action to protect Ghana’s natural environment.
Barker-Vormawor described the fight against galamsey as both a moral and spiritual duty. “The responsibility to protect and preserve the environment is by divine assignment, ours as a people,” he wrote, stressing that the issue goes beyond partisan politics.
“Our responsibility to end galamsey does not end at elections. Nor does it begin after our party loses one. This is bigger than petty politics,” he added.
The Convenor further revealed that the vigil will be followed by a public march on Monday, September 22 — a national holiday — to amplify calls for urgent action on what he termed an “environmental crisis of urgent proportions.”
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