Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the legendary South African musician popularly known as the “Princess of Africa,” has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to enforce and implement his promises to defeat illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey.

The Umqombothi hitmaker bemoaned the widespread and devastating impact of illegal mining on the youth, stating that the menace “is a burden everywhere even in South Africa” and urged the government to ensure that it tackles it appropriately to restore and reclaim Ghana’s lost forest cover and destroyed lands.

The South African singer who is in Ghana for the African Legends Night told Caleb Kudah on the Citi Breakfast Show on Friday, October 4 that there is a Global Citizen meeting coming up next week where she will formally make an appeal to President Akufo-Addo to prioritise the fight against galamsey.

“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

“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.”