StopGalamsey: University Halls Katanga And Conti Distance Themselves From October 3rd Protest

• KNUST's Unity Hall and University Hall, aka Conti and Katanga, have distanced themselves from the #StopGalamsey protest
• The two university groups indicated in a post on X that they were not taking part in the demonstration as widely speculated
• In separate press statements, Katanga and Conti explained why their members were not taking part in the demonstrations

The leaders of some halls in KNUST have broken the hearts of many Ghanaian youth who anticipated participating in the upcoming #StopGalamsey protest on October 3, 2024.

In an X post, the leaders of the two KNUST halls, Unity Hall - also known as Conti, and University Hall - also known as Katanga, announced they would not join the protest.

This follows a series of exchanges over these groups' participation in the upcoming protest to halt galamsey in Ghana.

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Ghanaians plan a protest against galamsey

Ghana's youth have recently expressed outrage against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, and have decided to protest to express their displeasure over the menace.

The protest was started by Democracy Hub, which had most of its members who hit the streets to protest arrested.

Now, social media influencers and Ghanaian youth activists have decided to join the campaign. According to the aggrieved youth, galamsey is destroying Ghana's water, forest reserves, and land resources, hence the need to end the menace.

There were reports that members and alumni from Katanga Hall and Unity Hall would be bused to Accra to join the protest.

With Katanga Hall, one of its alumni groups, @Katanga Fellows on X, expressed its support for the protest and called on all of Katanga, past and present, to join the protest.

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However, another group on X, claiming to be the main Katanga Hall alumni, later released a statement on X, distancing itself from the Katanga Fellows group and the upcoming demonstration.

See the post below:

Conti reacts to speculations about their participation

Unity Hall has also reacted to the news about their participation. The traditional council on X indicated that the Hall was not participating in the protest.

In the post, the traditional council raised a couple of issues they expected political parties to advocate on their behalf but failed to do so.

See the post below:

Okyeame Kwame weighs in on protest

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that Okyeame Kwame expressed his views on the ongoing protest against galamsey.

In a post on social media, the Woso hitmaker entreated Ghanaians to avoid politicising the fight against the menace.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh