Abraham Koomson, General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), has blamed the ongoing illegal mining crisis, known as galamsey, on the disorganisation within Organised Labour.

Mr Koomson expressed concerns over the lack of coordination within the labour movement, stating that if labour unions were united, the galamsey issue could have been addressed much earlier.

“The problem is that Organised Labour is not truly organised.

If we were properly structured, we would have tackled this issue the moment it surfaced,” Koomson stated.

He also criticised the recent decision to call off a nationwide strike aimed at addressing the galamsey crisis, arguing that more decisive action is needed to combat the issue at its roots.

Mr Koomson went further, alleging that the illegal mining problem extends to the highest levels of government, even suggesting that some individuals involved have ties to the Presidency.

“All those involved in galamsey have links to the Presidency itself.

Sending people to stop it is just a facade,” he claimed.

Mr Koomson stressed that meaningful solutions to the illegal mining crisis can only be achieved by addressing the core of the problem.

He lamented the lack of structure within Organised Labour, pointing to a recent chaotic meeting where disagreements escalated into physical altercations as evidence of the need for reform.

“If there were proper structures, decisions would come from the members, not imposed from above,” he added, emphasizing the need for a more organised labour movement to effectively tackle national issues like galamsey.

He spoke in an interview with 3FM in Accra