The Ghana Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform has thrown its weight behind the organised labour's strike against galamsey.

At a press conference held in Accra yesterday, the CSOs Platform cited the devastating impact of illegal mining on the country's sustainable develop­ment goals and requested for an immediate action to be taken by the government.

It also condemned the widespread destruction caused by galamsey, emphasizing its threat to rural livelihoods, public health, food security, and natural resources.

Speaking at the press confer­ence, the Executive Secretary of Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and Co-Chair, CSOs Platform on SDGs, Mrs Beauty Emefa Narteh, demand­ed an immediate action from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help eliminate the menace the 'galamsey' had caused.