Legendary South African musician, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has urged President Akufo-Addo to take drastic action and measures to bring an end to illegal mining in the country.
The "Umqombothi" hitmaker implored the President to "walk the talk" about his promise to fight galamsey as she bemoaned the devastating effect of the menace on Ghana's forest cover and water bodies. "Young people are saying the solutions are there and all we need now is to see him [President Akufo-Addo] walking the talk.
We need him to practice what he is preaching so that these minerals can benefit everybody and everybody can get water to drink. "When we say people shall govern, the very same people are the ones that come with the solutions so we need you to listen to the people of Ghana and do what is right," she said in an interview on Citi Breakfast Show, October 4.
The "Princess of Africa" further noted that she will make a make an appeal to President Akufo-Addo to prioritise the fight against galamsey at an upcoming Global Citizen meeting in Ivory Coast. "We will have a Global Citizen meeting in Ivory Coast next week and President Akufo-Addo will be there and I will convey the message to him because we cannot afford to see young people suffering.