Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the FixTheCountry Convenor, has declared that the movement will stage a vigil at Revolution Square in Accra on Sunday, September 21, to express disapproval of the continuous environmental damage brought on by illicit mining (galamsey).
On Monday, September 15, 2025, he revealed the idea on X (previously Twitter), emphasising the pressing need for group effort to safeguard Ghana’s environment.
Barker-Vormawor presented the battle against galamsey as a moral and spiritual duty in his role. “As a people, we have a divinely assigned responsibility to protect and preserve the environment,” he said, adding that the matter goes beyond electoral parties.
“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 stated.
The Convenor also revealed that the vigil would be followed by a public march on Monday, 22 September, a national holiday, to further draw attention to what he described as an “environmental crisis of urgent proportions.”
He called on citizens from all walks of life to participate and demonstrate their commitment to safeguarding the nation’s natural resources.
FixTheCountry has long been a vocal critic of successive governments’ handling of illegal mining, often arguing that political interference undermines enforcement. Barker-Vormawor’s latest call seeks to channel public frustration into civic action.
“On Sunday 21st September, we will have a vigil at the Revolution Square, and on Monday 22nd (a holiday), there will be a march, calling attention to the urgency of our environmental crisis,” his post concluded.
